The finalists have been announced for the Sustainable Medicines Packaging Awards. YewMaker launched the awards, in collaboration with the Connect in Pharma conference.
The aim was to showcase and celebrate innovations revolutionising medicines packaging today, and to inspire the innovations of tomorrow.
Award Categories
There are two categories of awards.
The Design Award showcases innovations that reduce waste and increase sustainability of packaging, without compromising function.
The Circularity Award showcases services, processes, or products that bring circularity into the supply chain to reduce single use.
Award Finalists
13 applicants have been shortlisted:
Design Award
- Dual Chamber Blister - Pantec AG/Pharmapa
- Eastalite Universal Device Shipping Tray - Plastic Ingenuity
- EcoSecur Type 2 Glass Vials - Stoelzle Glass Group
- Phill Box - Parcel Health
- Protecting the Product and the Environment - Essentra Packaging
- Qube Pro - Jones Healthcare Group
- Sustainable Grassboard in Pharma Packaging - Körber Pharma Packaging Materials AG
Circularity Award
- "Cut the waste" Service through Liveo Optima Scientific Package Design Program - Liveo Research Inc
- Circularity Solutions for Thermoformed Plastics Along the Pharma Value Chain - Plastic Ingenuity
- Circularity-as-a-Service for Medicine Plastics - Automedi
- eZCooler - Zuellig Pharma
- Sharpsmart Reusable Containers - Sharpsmart Ltd
- Smart Reusable Packaging - Monoceros and Emball'Iso
On Sept 14th 15:15 (CET) Nazneen will be chairing a panel, with some of the finalists, to discuss the future of sustainable packaging for the pharmaceutical industry at the Connect In Pharma conference in Geneva.
Nazneen will also announce this year's Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners at a champagne reception.
You can register for the event here.