Articles and White Papers
 

Phase Change Materials Cut the Ice
Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News, February 2005

Water-based gels are the workhorses of temperature control in the shipment of temperature-sensitive products. For esoteric applications, however, phase-change materials make it possible to hold a wider range of temperatures than ever before.....
For article go to http://www.devicelink.com/pmpn/archive/05/02/004.html
 
 
 
Validating, Qualifying, and Ensuring Cold Chain Packaging and Distribution
American Phamaceutical Outsourcing, January/February 2005

Increased scrutiny of cold chain distribution management in the pharmaceutical industry and corporate focus on strategies to maintain or increase the bottom line necessitate the qualification, verification, and monitoring of the cold chain in pharmaceutical and biologics distribution to ensure excursions are avoided or reduced to prevent costly destruction and ensure product quality....
 
 
 
Cold Chain: Identification of Distribution Process Flow
American Phamaceutical Outsourcing, January/February 2004

So you already know your distribution process and how materials flow through it. Or do you? In order to design an appropriate cold chain system and to minimize the risk of losing product during transit, distributors of temperature sensitive materials must develop a temperature profile that adequately challenges their designed shipping container or process....
For article go to: http://www.americanpharmaceuticaloutsourcing.com/article.aspx?article=21
 
 
 
Transit Packaging and Temperature Controlled Packaging Issues
Pharmagenerics, 2003

This article is an overview of temperature controlled packaging issues. It is written from an implementation point of view based on the North American experience...
To download .pdf file click: transit_pack.pdf