Rx for pharmaceutical packaging: despite the difficult demands manufacturers place on converters,...

Even as other sectors of the domestic converting marketplace have continued to dwindle, the U.S. pharmaceutical market has remained relatively stable with its high demand for paperboard products and its respectable profit margins. Considering that a majority of Americans take at least one prescription drug each month, the numbers should not come as a surprise.

However, no industry paints a perfect picture, and the pharmaceutical industry is no exception.

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