Annual meeting of the international NVC Working Group on Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation

The 15^th annual meeting NVC Project Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation
Friday 27 June 2025, from 10 AM CET 6 PM CET
Leiden Bio Science Park, The Netherlands

The NVC Working Group on Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation will hold its 15^th annual meeting on Friday 27 June 2025. The meeting is Live Hybrid, so you can participate physically on-site or - also interactively - online from your location anywhere.

PROGRAMME

● 10-12 AM CET Welcome and pharma business study visit (on-site participants only)

12 AM – 1 PM CET Lunch

1.00 - 4.00 PM CET Plenary Meeting Part 1 (Live Hybrid)

● Intro + recap of the previous (14^th) annual project meeting
Reviewed: the NVC Position Paper Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation (published in 2015)
Pharma packaging and labeling technology trends and insights 2025
Legislation: the new EU Pharma Directive and other relevant legislative developments
NVC Pharma Awards 2025 judging  and presence at CPHI Europe (28-30 Oct 2025 Booth 6.1F58)
Artificial Intelligence in pharma packaging and labeling
The future is near: Medicine Packaging for a Sustainably Ageing World Population

 Packaging print, labeling: adding the right patient-related medication info to medicines

● The use of Artificial Intelligence in self-care and assisted-care: results of a unique research project 2025 by Antwerp University

● The development and introduction of a new harmonised set of pictogrammes in medicine, as published by the Dutch Medicine Evaluation Board MEB

● Medicine and medical device label information management now and in the future: food for thought based in a thought-provoking industry leader presentation

2.30-2.45 PM CET BREAK

2.45 – 4.00 PM CET

The future of self-injectors and blisters for the medicine packaging in the years 2030+

● The pharma blister pack in the years 2030+: an inventarisation by the PMF Working Group on Sustainable Blisters , introduced by Sriman Banerjee (Takeda), referencing Julie Ennis (AstraZeneca), Evan Kamph (Pfizer) and preparing for the concluding workshop

The medicine self-injector in the years 2030+

● Kick-off presentation by a leading supplier, followed by a reflective panel debate, preparing for the concluding workshop

4.00 - 5.00 PM CET Plenary Meeting Part 2: Concluding workshop (on-site participants only)

● AI-assisted design of tomorrow’s weight-management medicine, by workshop leaders Serra Anker, Teodora Tasip and Michael Nieuwesteeg and all participants

Make your choice and join your group: Blister (tablet form) or Self-injector
The NVC Demo Business Case will be distributed and explained in real-time
Using (Gen)AI-tools to make rapid 3D designs of the blister/injector of the year 2030+ by using (Gen)AI to optimise the patient/user friendliness of the blister/injector
Using (Gen)AI to create an engaging and convincing presentation of the outcome
Presenting and sharing the results, taking back home all original and new insights gained

5.00 - 5.15 PM CET Concluding debate, summary and actions 2025-2026

5.15 - 6.00  PM CET After-party with informal talks and drinks (on-site participants only)

For information on the NVC innovation project, look here.

For the NVC Course Pharmaceutical packaging, look here.

Register here or contact the NVC association office at info@nvc.nl and phone +31-(0)182-512411