Packaging

Colbert Packaging Introduces New PharmaGuard Compliance Solution

Monday 11. August 2008 - Based on the Award-Winning BlisterGuard Specialty Package, PharmaGuard Promotes Patient Compliance, Enhances Security and Ensures Sustainability

Colbert Packaging Corp., a leading manufacturer of folding cartons, rigid paper boxes and paperboard specialty products, today unveiled a new tear-resistant solution for pharmaceutical compliance packages. Based on Colbert’s award-winning, patented BlisterGuard security package, PharmaGuard is designed to enhance patient compliance while supporting the child-resistant, senior-friendly and sustainable packaging requirements of drug manufacturers and pharmacies. Colbert is introducing a new family of pharmaceutical compliance packages into the market this year; the new packages can all be enhanced with the PharmaGuard solution for maximum safety and security. PharmaGuard combines all the security benefits offered by an amber bottle into a tear-resistant paperboard package, which can be customized to accommodate a wide range of blister cavities.

“We recognize that ensuring patient compliance is an important objective for the pharmaceutical industry. It is no doubt in the best interest of patients to comply with their prescribed regimens, but compliance also directly benefits the drug manufacturers and pharmacies looking to improve profitability,” said Glenn Grosskopf, vice president of product development for Colbert Packaging. “The industry is transitioning away from amber bottles, and today, pharmaceutical manufacturers are seeking unit dose packages designed specifically for patient compliance. Colbert offers a complete portfolio of innovative compliance solutions – all of which can be built with PharmaGuard to deliver product security and environmental sustainability.”

PharmaGuard combines Everest Safe-Pak solid bleached sulfate paperboard from International Paper with multilayer Valéron Strength Film. When integrated into any of Colbert’s new patient compliance packages, PharmaGuard ensures optimum protection against children attempting to tear or bite into the package, while remaining easy for seniors to open.