Ensuring UDI Barcode Quality in Medical Device Labeling

Labeling in adhesives and coatings manufacturing presents ongoing operational challenges due to GHS compliance requirements, frequent formulation changes, and harsh chemical environments.

Frequent protocol amendments, blinded study requirements, and global trial sites make clinical labeling uniquely complex. Digital, in-house label printing helps pharmaceutical packaging teams maintain accuracy, traceability, and control of sensitive trial data. 

This article examines how in-house digital labeling  — supported by integrated hardware, materials, software, and service from AstroNova Product Identification — helps CDMOs improve traceability, reduce changeover friction, and maintain compliance in sterile liquid manufacturing.

In packaging and labeling production, moisture is an everyday reality—and a challenge. So, when it comes to package and label printing, moisture resistance is not just a nice-to-have feature; it’s a requirement that protects against compliance issues and product loss.

For 503A and 503B compounding pharmacies, labeling is not a downstream task—it is a regulated production step tied directly to patient safety, audit outcomes, and operational continuity. Federal requirements set the baseline, but state-by-state rules introduce constant variation in formatting, warnings, identifiers, and presentation.

Modern in-house label printing debunks common misconceptions around cost, complexity, and quality by offering greater speed, control, and cost-efficiency compared to outsourcing. As labeling demands grow more complex, businesses across industries are embracing in-house solutions to streamline workflows, reduce waste, and improve responsiveness.

Labeling materials used in extreme environments like freezers, liquid nitrogen, and autoclaves face several challenges due to the harsh conditions. Learn more about how our industrial grade matte synthetic label material held up to testing by an independent laboratory to validate its performance under freezer, liquid nitrogen and autoclave conditions.

In the pharmaceutical industry, precision in labeling is more than just an operational requirement — it is a fundamental aspect of patient safety and regulatory compliance.

Strategic product labeling is critical in brand management, regulatory compliance, and customer engagement. However, many companies struggle with the shifting demands of product labeling as market conditions, regulatory environments, and operational requirements continually evolve.

Continuing our exploration of the business-focused trends driving in-house label printing, we uncover additional critical reasons businesses are making the strategic shift.

Inefficient product labeling can waste a manufacturer's money and hamper its productivity. Many managers think the solution is outsourcing their labeling needs to third-party printers. This, unfortunately, can lead to excess and cost. The solution is flexible enterprise labeling.

Located near Atlanta, Georgia, Vitalabs has successfully positioned itself as a one-stop-shop for private-label vitamins and supplements, offering over 250 stock formulas of Dietary Supplements, including tablets, capsules, powders, and gummies, available globally.

V-Shapes® is the creator of innovative unit-dose packaging sachets and the machinery to produce them. V-Shapes sachets are a brand-new way to safely, affordably, and sustainably pack products in unique single-dose packaging that can be opened in a single gesture using one hand, ranging from hand sanitizer to honey and more.

At AstroNova, we understand right now with current events, depending on the industry, keeping up with demands may be more critical than ever. As part of AstroNova's commitment to our customers in maintaining a safe and hygienic workplace, we've provided an outline that includes recommended disinfection materials and procedures you may find helpful when cleaning your printer.

Due to recent events, we are receiving requests for expedited orders to help our customers who are actively involved in the fight against COVID-19. One customer specifically, a major American manufacturer of diagnostic healthcare products, is working diligently to produce swab collection kits, among other products to provide to labs and the government.

The Drug Quality Security Act (DQSA) is an important US law that aims to create and establish an electronic traceability system for pharmaceutical drugs. As of January 2015, the new serialization system began.

Our friends at Health Canada have just updated their labeling regulations for natural products. If you’re a Canadian maker of nutritional products, then there are some new regulations that you must keep in mind when selling your products there.

We’re often asked to provide an overview of dietary supplement labeling requirements for products such as vitamins, herbal supplements, and other functional foods.  To ensure your current labels are compliant, here are the requirements for marketing and labeling dietary supplements:

AstroNova visited Progressive Labs in Irving, Texas. It was so fascinating to visit another of our Kiaro! customers and to see the process of manufacturing high-quality dietary supplements, from the mixing to the encapsulating and tableting to the supplement bottle labeling.