The HCPC's Compliance Package of the Year competition has recognized the most innovative pharmaceutical packages designed to improve patient adherence since 1995. In 2015, the organization’s 25th anniversary, the HCPC is launching a corresponding student competition to recognize innovative pharmaceutical packaging designs from undergraduate or graduate students of pharmaceutical and/or packaging schools that assists patients in taking their medication as prescribed.
To participate in the competition, the pharmaceutical package design must:
1) be in a compliance-prompting format with at least one patient adherence enhancing feature
2) not require pharmaceutical to be "re-packaged" by patients
3) be in a child-resistant format, if intended for home use, per Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) guidelines
4) practical to manufacture with industry available technology or readily adaptable technology
5) be U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CPSC compliant
For pharmaceutical packaging industry examples, the HCPC recommends that students visit the HCPC website, www.hcpconline.org and visit the Compliance Packaging Catalogue and previous HCPC Compliance Package of the Year winner announcement pages.
For complete information and guidelines, contact Robin Snyder or Jim Leary.
