HCPC Europe Columbus Award for
Patient-friendly Packaging Design 2016
Each year HCPC Europe organises the Columbus Packaging award for Patient-friendly Packaging Design. Innovative packaging solutions help patients to take their medication as prescribed. Carefully designed packaging can make a significant contribution to patient compliance with respect to: e.g. ease of identification; clarity of instructions; visible evidence of medication taken.
The winner of the Columbus Award 2016 in the category of Commercially Available Products is the Olmetec® pack of Daiichi-Sankyo Europe GmbH. The winner in the concept category was Palladio Group with their PhutureMed Memo solution. All finalists presented their packs at the award ceremony on 19 October 2016 at Kloster Eberbach.
Finalists Columbus Award 2016
As a result of this year’s judging session on 8 September 2016 we can now announce the finalists of the Columbus Award 2016. All members of the board and advisory board took part in judging the participating packs. The entries were judged in two categories: ‘Commercially available products’ and ‘Concepts for new packs’.
Finalists Commercially available products
Two of the entries that were sent in in the category ‘Commercially available products’ were selected as finalists. These are:
Daiichi-Sankyo – New adherence package for Olmetec®; Olmetec Plus®; Sevikar/HCT®
Novartis – New pack for FARYDAK® (Panobinostat) hard capsules
Finalists Concepts for new packs
Three of the entries that were sent in in the category ‘Concepts for new packs’ were selected as finalists. These are:
August Faller – Faller Pharma Compliance Pack
Janssen Pharmaceutica – Care4Today® Connect Smart packaging
Palladio Group – PhutureMed™ Memo Solution: Advanced Packaging Solution for Pharmaceuticals
Columbus Packaging Award 2016
On 19 October 2016 the award ceremony for the Columbus Award 2016 took place. With this award HCPC Europe awards excellent patient-friendly packaging design that improves patient adherence.
Register for the Columbus Award 2017
Registration for the Columbus Award 2017 is now open! For more information, send an e-mail to Ger Standhardt.