QUOTABLES
BY THE NUMBERS
OPTING TO MANUFACTURE IN THE U.S.
You are further removed from it overseas. “With complicated devices like SAM [Sustained Acoustic Medicine, a wearable ultrasound device] with so many different working parts and polymers that connect, it is really difficult to play detective for complications that happen overseas versus finding solutions here.
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-DR. GEORGE LEWIS, FOUNDER AND CEO OF ZETROZ SYSTEMS
The IHMA is calling for supply chains and “authorities to review their anti-counterfeiting plans before the situation exacerbates further in the scramble to secure vaccines. The news comes as research indicates that some fraudulent vaccines have been sold for upwards of $1,000 per dose.
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-DR. PAUL DUNN, CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOGRAM MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (IHMA)
infected meeting participant who “wasA simulated exhaling aerosols was placed in a room with two simulated uninfected participants and a simulated uninfected speaker. Using two HEPA air cleaners close to the aerosol source reduced the aerosol exposure of the uninfected participants and speaker by up to 65%. A combination of HEPA air cleaners and universal masking reduced exposure by up to 90%.
$72 BILLION
THE COST of drug diversion per year according to the Justice Department’s National Drug Intelligence Center, as reported by Invistics.
62%
THE PERCENTAGE of the plastic healthcare packaging market represented by prefilled inhalers, syringes, and cartridges in 2021. The market will reach $37.2b this year. Source: Future Market Insights
46
THE NUMBER of Innovation Stage sessions at PACK EXPO Las Vegas at the three stages in Central Hall.
$6 BILLION
THE ESTIMATED VALUE that the global biomedical textiles market will reach by 2031, with 40% of demand stimulated by non-implantable applications. Source: Fact.MR
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-WILLIAM G. LINDSLEY, CDC, ON INDOOR COVID-19 EXPOSURE
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