The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Healthcare Packaging

The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Healthcare Packaging

Author: Packaging World, ProFood World, Healthcare Packaging, Mundo EXPO Pack September 11, 2026 Duration: 20:13
What's driving the pharmaceutical industry's forecasted addition of 19,000 jobs by 2034? An aging population, breakthrough therapeutics, and a push to reshore production are fueling major growth in domestic pharma manufacturing. While data science and cybersecurity roles are growing fastest, high-volume positions like packaging operators and chemists remain essential, and employers are racing to replace retiring baby boomers while upskilling workers for increasingly automated lines. This is a...

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing is a podcast from Packaging World, ProFood World, Healthcare Packaging, Mundo EXPO Pack that explores innovations and information across the packaging and processing landscape. Each episode connects topics impacting consumer packaged goods and healthcare packaging with the latest technologies in food processing operations. Listen episodes for insights on current trends, practical strategies, and the developments shaping packaging and processing today. Whether you work in packaging, processing, or related careers, you can expect timely discussion of what is changing now and what it means for how products are packaged, produced, and brought to market.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Podcast Episodes
FDA Priorities for Advancing Food Safety in 2026: ProFood World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:59
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Sustainable Packaging Trends at Pack EXPO 2025: Packaging World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:10
What if sustainable packaging no longer meant giving something up—no slower lines, no sacrificed shelf life, no compromise? Editor-in-Chief Matt Reynolds and Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan preview the sustainability, mat…
Smarter Pumps, Safer Food: ProFood World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:11
Most pump damage doesn't happen while the pump is running. So where does it happen—and what does that mean for how a pump should be designed? Advances in hygienic pump designs are helping food and beverage processors imp…
Why Deoleo Bottled its Olive Oil in Blue: Packaging World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:32
Green has signaled olive oil on shelf for generations. So why did Deoleo put its extra virgin in a blue bottle? Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan sits down with Daniele Pucchi, Global R&D Packaging Manager for global olive…
How Nestlé turned Vital Proteins' Blue Tub into a Paper Canister [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:11
What does it take to move a bestselling supplement out of plastic and into paper, without consumers thinking they got a counterfeit? Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan talks with Eric Bell, principal packaging scientist at N…
Dissolving Packaging that Keeps the OR Clean: Healthcare Packaging [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:30
What does it take to make medical waste disposal safer, faster, and completely mess-free? Editor-in-Chief Liz Cuneo talks with Ashleigh Hotz of SmartSolv and Victoria Robinson of Safetec about the water-soluble, biodegra…
Scaling Innovation with State Ingredient Bans Lurking: ProFood World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:37
How can food manufacturers scale innovation and reformulation efforts when a growing patchwork of state-level ingredient bans is reshaping what they can put on shelves? Food manufacturers are using digital twin technolog…