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Compliance Packaging While the U.S. consumer is familiar seeing medication in both bottles and blisters, bottles have become a dominate package format in the U.S.  Alternatively, since the end of World War II the European standard for packaging medication has shifted towards the use of blister packs. In fact, 80% of medications dispensed in Europe are […]

Opioid Blister Pack Drug overdoses claimed 68,000 American lives in 2018, and 72,000 the year before. The majority of these drug deaths were from opioids and heroin – which many patients turned to after initially becoming addicted to opioid painkillers. This simply has to stop. Rare are the opportunities for pharmaceutical packaging to play such a […]

Packaging and Kitting of Pre-Filled Syringes Biologics, biosimilars, vaccines and other medications administered through pre-filled syringes present unique secondary packaging challenges. First and foremost, product protection is paramount, as many parenteral pharmaceuticals are packaged in glass or rigid plastic and can be prone to breakage or cracking. Secondary packaging solutions must have the right materials so […]

Pharmaceutical Blister Packaging WHY BLISTER PACKAGING FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS? While American consumers are accustomed to seeing medications in both bottles and blister packs, bottles remain the dominant format in the U.S. This is in stark contract to much of the remainder of the developed world, including Europe, where 80 percent of medications dispensed are now in […]

Vial Box Healthcare professionals and caregivers, including staff in hospitals, assisted living facilities and at-home care settings, need vial boxes with simple instructions and easy storage that protect products and support ease of parenteral drug administration. Ideal secondary packaging solutions for biologics, vaccines, and any in-vivo drug delivery product, Keystone Folding Box Co.’s Vial Pack family […]

In terms of requirements and restrictions, few industries are as demanding as the world of clinical trials. We have dedicated years to developing breakthrough packaging solutions that have become widely accepted by some of the most respected names in the clinical trial business.

Patient adherence, child resistance and senior friendly operation are some of the hallmarks of Keystone’s approach to the design and manufacture of pharmaceutical packaging solutions. To that end, Keystone Folding Box Company offers Ecoslide RX 3.0, an improved version of its child-resistant Ecoslide-RX compliance package.

Keystone’s EcoSlide OTC is a child-resistant paperboard pack for over-the-counter products that are packaged in blisters. The innovative, eco-friendly solution features a push-button locking mechanism that provides F=1 child resistance while eliminating the need for the more traditional “peel back/push-through” method of removing pills from blister packs.

Ideal secondary packaging solutions for biologics, vaccines, and any in-vivo drug delivery product, Keystone’s Vial Pack family of cartons includes designs for packaging a single vial or ampoule, or as many products as a program requires.

The design team at Keystone is prepared to custom engineer a carton that perfectly fits your medical device while meeting your most stringent packaging requirements. Folding cartons for medical devices are often ordered in low quantities and are usually produced in short runs.