Industry
Pharmaceutical boxes and packaging
Pharmaceutical packaging has to handle accuracy, variant clarity and batch and expiry. Medicine and health packaging where clarity comes first: cartons, labels and leaflets with accurate text, colour and batch and expiry areas. Popular formats include tuck end carton, labels and leaflets.
Packaging needs
What pharmaceutical packaging must do
Accuracy
Every word, strength and dosage must match your approved copy exactly, across every variant.
Variant clarity
Strengths and variants need colour and type that make them impossible to confuse.
Batch and expiry
Areas for batch numbers, expiry dates and barcodes are planned into the dieline from the start.
Compliance notes
Regulated text, symbols and layouts come from your regulatory team. We lay them out exactly as approved and keep space for batch, expiry and Braille where needed.
Recommended boxes
Boxes that suit pharmaceutical
Tuck End Box
Folding carton with tuck flaps at each end.
Folding Carton
Custom-structure paperboard cartons: crash-lock bottoms, sleeves with inserts, multi-packs.
Display Box
Counter display trays with a printed header card, shipped flat and assembled at the till.
Finishes
Finishes that work
- Matte or gloss varnish
- Pantone variant colours
- Braille embossing
- Tamper-evident seals
- Batch and expiry areas
FAQ
Pharmaceutical packaging questions
Yes. We have printed packaging for pharmaceutical clients since we started as a printing press.
Guides
Guides for pharmaceutical brands
The packaging design process explained, step by step
Every stage of a packaging design project, from brief and research to concepts, artwork, proofs and production, and what you need at each step.
How much does packaging design cost? A full breakdown
What you are paying for in a packaging design project, the pricing models agencies use, and how to plan a realistic budget.
Print-ready packaging files explained: a checklist for designers
What makes a packaging file print-ready: dielines, bleed, colour, resolution, fonts, finish layers and proofing, with a pre-flight checklist.
Launching in pharmaceutical?
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