Compliance Package of Year contest calls for entries



October 9, 2008 - Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC), Falls Church, VA, accepts entries for annual competition between 15 November 2008, 15 March 2009. HCPC Compliance Package of the Year Awards recognize packaging that aids patient compliance. Qualifying packages feature unit-dose format with at least one compliance-enhancing feature, must have been commercially available somewhere in world during 2008; eliminate any need for patient to repackage drug. Competition also includes Innovative Design category for packs not yet on market. No entry fee is required. Award winners designate total of $12,000 in scholarship funds to schools of packaging. Judges base scores on package’s ability to increase pharmaceutical compliance, innovation, distinguishing features.


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