Jim Stommen , Contributing Writer06.11.12
Two parts of the medical product manufacturing process that the users of those products probably don’t give much thought to are, in the end, among the most important.
Sterilization and packaging are getting more attention than ever before, impacted both by closer regulatory scrutiny of the entire supply chain and by the pervasive “faster, better, cheaper” mantra that drives the operations of medical device manufacturers these days.
Industry experts representing various segments of the process talked with Medical Product Outsourcing about some of the developments that are impacting both the sterilization and packaging aspects of the manufacturing process.
John Kowalski, Ph.D., principal consultant with Sterigenics International Inc.’s SteriPro Consulting unit, said the proverbial “next big thing” for the sector isn’t some whiz-bang new sterilization technology, but rather a possible change in philosophy.
“The biggest thing coming down the road for the sector,” he said, is a re-examination of whether what he called “the historically accepted st
Sterilization and packaging are getting more attention than ever before, impacted both by closer regulatory scrutiny of the entire supply chain and by the pervasive “faster, better, cheaper” mantra that drives the operations of medical device manufacturers these days.
Industry experts representing various segments of the process talked with Medical Product Outsourcing about some of the developments that are impacting both the sterilization and packaging aspects of the manufacturing process.
John Kowalski, Ph.D., principal consultant with Sterigenics International Inc.’s SteriPro Consulting unit, said the proverbial “next big thing” for the sector isn’t some whiz-bang new sterilization technology, but rather a possible change in philosophy.
“The biggest thing coming down the road for the sector,” he said, is a re-examination of whether what he called “the historically accepted st
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