What comes next for your assets.

expopharm

München, Munich

The trade fair of the German pharmacy market, held alongside the German Pharmacists Day. Distribution, stock and assortment in the pharmacy.

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM

Nuremberg, Germany

Process engineering for powder, bulk solids and pharmaceutical production. Handling, process analytics and GxP compliant manufacturing in one place.

CPHI Europe

Milan, Italy

The European lead event for the pharmaceutical supply chain. Ingredients, contract manufacturing, packaging and the systems that hold it together.

Pharma TRACKTS, serialization and track and trace

Frankfurt, Germany

Serialisation and track and trace in the pharmaceutical supply chain. A format where traceability is the subject rather than a side topic.

The venue is still to be confirmed.

Pharmapack Europe

Paris · 6,500 visitors

Pharmaceutical packaging, drug delivery and serialisation. Marking at single pack level is the norm here, not a special topic.

Temperature Controlled Logistics in Biopharmaceuticals Europe

Barcelona

Cold chain for biopharmaceuticals. Telemetry, monitoring and validation for shipments that do not survive a temperature excursion.

LogiMAT

Stuttgart

The largest intralogistics trade fair in Europe. From racking and forklifts to the software that knows where each load carrier currently stands.

GMP PharmaCongress and PharmaTechnica

Wiesbaden · 1,400 attendees

GMP compliance in pharmaceutical production. Plant engineering, qualification and cleanroom operation from an operational point of view.

transport logistic

München, Munich

The global leading trade fair for logistics and freight transport. Forwarders, shippers and system suppliers in one place.

Held every two years.

Chemspec Europe

Basel · 4,235 visitors

Fine and speciality chemicals. Sourcing, custom synthesis and process solutions for small batches of high value.

UDI marking deadlines 2027

European Union

Reusable class I medical devices need the UDI marked directly on the product. The UDI duty for class A in vitro diagnostics starts on the same date.

MDR Article 27(4) and IVDR Article 24(4).

ACHEMA

Frankfurt am Main

The world forum of the process industries. Plant engineering, process technology and digitalisation for chemicals, pharmaceuticals and refineries.

Held every three years.

eFTI, electronic freight transport information

European Union

Authorities have to accept electronic freight information and companies can present it digitally. Paper accompanying documents lose their special status.

Regulation (EU) 2020/1056.

FACHPACK

Nürnberg, Nuremberg

Packaging, marking and labelling. The point where a product receives its machine readable identity.

MDR transition periods for legacy devices

European Union

Legacy certificates for high risk devices expire at the end of 2027. The remaining classes follow at the end of 2028.

MDR Article 120, extended transition period.

GS1 Sunrise 2027

International

Point of sale systems in retail should be able to read two dimensional codes carrying a GTIN by the end of 2027. One label then carries identity, batch and date at once.

A GS1 industry initiative, not a law. Dual marking until the target date, after which 2D only marking becomes possible.