Posted by Karen Greene on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 @ 08:04 PM
Cold Chain Update!
ISTA.org Standard 20 Releases Scheduled September 2010
ISTA Standard 20 and its companion thermal profile, 7E is being released by ISTA.org, targeted for September 2010. Standard 20 is the first global standard for establishing performance of insulated shipping containers, ISC's.
Standard 20 and thermal profile, 7E, advance the industry need for one global standard that details the minimum thermal and physical testing an ISC should undergo to determine its proof of performance.
Life Packaging Technology LLC will supply certified training and auditing services for Standard 20 for the certification of the cold chain laboratory and laboratory professional.
Posted by Karen Greene on Tue, Apr 06, 2010 @ 10:42 PM
At the ISTA.org www.ista.org Transport Packaging Conference, Coronado Springs Resort, FL, the new Thermal Transport Packaging Standard was announced, ISTA 7E. The ISTA 7E profile is the new standard for thermal transport testing. The standard includes heat and cold profiles developed from data gathered in real world transport. All the lane data(thermal) and protocols on how data was gathered will be available for purchase through ISTA.
Amgen http://www.amgen.com/ and their transport packaging team's principals, Don Wilson and Brian Wallin have provided world class leadership in the technology of thermal transport packaging characterization and validation. They are technical experts in the field of cold chain transport packaging.
Life Packaging Technology's principals, Karen Greene and Stuart Long have been selected as independent, certified thermal transport auditors. We are delighted to be identified as key participants in this new standard for thermal transport packaging testing and certification. The training and auditing roles for LPT's Greene and Long leverage our industry experience of packaging engineering compliance in highly regulated industries as well as our passion for packaging technology and assisting others in bringing successful packaging designs to market. James Cox, PhD, of Cox Technologies, rounds out the global, certified auditing team, bringing a wealth of technical expertise in pharmaceutical consulting and lane data analysis.
Posted by Karen Greene on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 @ 11:24 PM
www.ista.org
This year's Transport Packaging Forum is chuck full of topics relevant to the lifesciences industries. The presenters are all experts in their field of distribution packaging and most of the authors present original research on distribution dynamics. An effective distribution simulation protocol is key to successful package design and validation. There are several presentations addressing the latest thinking in sustainability and for those of us interested in temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals and combination products, ISTA reveals an updated testing standard, 7E based on 2 years of field research. This new ISTA 7E testing standard for thermal performance will give a much needed technical update to the industry relative to evaluating the thermal peformance of your insulated shipper system via a well researched and documented thermal profile. More to come upon my return from the conference.
Posted by Karen Greene on Sun, Feb 07, 2010 @ 10:37 PM
KKGPackaging
Package Integrity--Co-authored with Mocon, Inc., the leaders in permeation testing and measurement of package integrity for the lifesciences and food industries.
Posted by Karen Greene on Tue, Dec 01, 2009 @ 04:29 PM
Operation Courage is Beautiful
LPT supports a local Southern California organization-- The Armed Services YMCA, with the collection of female and male toiletries and cosmetics to create gift bags to send to our U.S. troops stationed overseas, specifically Iraq and Afganhistan. In the theme of "packaging", Karen Greene, VP, helped package up over 300 gift bags containing private and corporate toiletry donations. " I have never seen so many health and beauty products in one place, with the exception of Walmart". I am certain that our men and women service members will smile when they receive one of this gift bags, packaged with love. Our work was accomplished at a San Diego, CA VFW. In addition to the Armed Services YMCA, private citizen volunteers helped out as well.