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Bend & peel new for pharmaceuticals.(Box Biz: News You Can Use)(Brief Article)

Publication: Paperboard Packaging
Date: Friday, April 1 2005

New York -- Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, launches Bend & Peel[R], its new child-resistant and senior-friendly (CR/SF) blister packaging for pharmaceuticals. The patented line was developed by Intini Marketing Inc. and carries an F=1 rating for child safety, the highest level provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for CR/SF packaging. Designed for prescription, over-the-counter and physician sample d

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