Packaging Qualification Integration
RELEVANCE
Packaging qualification is essential to ensuring pharmaceutical product quality and patient safety throughout the supply chain. As logistics networks become more global and complex, life sciences organisations face increasing pressure to accelerate time-to-market, improve efficiency, and control costs while maintaining regulatory compliance. This creates an opportunity to reassess traditional qualification practices and explore more collaborative approaches that reduce duplication without compromising quality or patient safety.
GOALS
This Pharma.Aero initiative seeks to assess how supplier-generated qualification data can be more effectively integrated into pharmaceutical packaging qualification processes. The project aims to identify opportunities to reduce duplication, shorten qualification timelines, strengthen supply chain collaboration, and support regulatory compliance while maintaining product quality and patient safety.
Project Objectives
Objective 1: Preliminary Research & Industry Insights (WP1)
Build the knowledge base for the opinion paper by gathering industry perspectives, mapping current practices, and identifying pain points.
Objective 2: Framework Development & Qualification Mapping (WP2)
Translate research into a structured conceptual model for integrating supplier qualification data.
Objective 3: Opinion Paper Development & Industry Positioning (WP3)
To consolidate research findings, industry perspectives, and the developed integration framework into a coherent, evidence‑based opinion paper.
Timeline
June - August
Preliminary Research & Industry Insights
July- September
Framework Development & Qualification Mapping
October
Industry Opinion Paper Publication
PROJECT
SUPPORT AND
COLLABORATION.
Board of Directors Liaison: Liew Zhong Yao, Changi Airport Group
Project Lead: Mikkel Bøttcher, DSV
Internal Strategic Expert: Frank Van Gelder, Pharma.Aero
Project Manager: Sara Van Lerberghe, Pharma.Aero
Project Experts (External): Carli Derifield, Christopher J. Storch, Richard Wood
