Dear Pharma Pals,

To be in the business, we need to continuously innovate by responding to market demand. This has been Clearpack strategy from beginning, adapting to market needs by implementing latest technological development with continuous engagement with its suppliers. Today, Clearpack supplies very high-speed, fully automatic packaging lines from primary filling all the way to end-of-line palletizing, and is always prepared for tomorrow’s challenge.

The exclusive in this issue of Pharma Machines & Technology is on Clearpack, the packaging automation partner for the pharmaceutical industry. Read exclusive interviews with Govind Bhandari, the CEO of Clearpack Group, a passionate businessman with incredible energy and insatiable ambition, and Piyush Bhandari,  Area Sales Head.

The article in this issue by world-renowned author Dr. Tim Sandle on fungi in cleanrooms, its types, origins, and decontamination strategies, is highly educative. Cleanrooms and controlled environments are at risk from fungal spores. Fungi can present health hazards to operators and pose potential contamination risks to medicinal products. The article considers the types of fungi that might be recovered from cleanrooms and looks at the mechanisms by which they might enter a facility.

The automations of QA systems and processes are becoming of prime importance these days. The article by Chetananand Pathak, Director – Corporate Quality & Compliance, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd, analyses the success and failures of automation in Indian pharma industry.

Track & Trace system plays a vital role in preventing counterfeiting during trading, assisting in optimizing monitoring at each level of supply chain and maintaining integrity of the product while dispensing to the customer. However, the entire process is full of challenges. The article by Navdeep Singh Kathuria, General Manager – Packing, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd, talks on the challenges in implementing track and trace systems in pharmaceutical packaging.

STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY

Harjit Singh Dhaul
Publisher & Editor