dispensing unit various companies are currently developing a range of remote tablet counters, verification systems and pharmacy automation components to improve the accuracy, safety, speed and efficiency of medication dispensing. products that are used in retail, mail order, hospital outpatient and specialty pharmacies as well as industrial settings such as manufacturing and component factories. these advanced systems will continue to provide accurate counting without the need for adjustment or calibration when counting in different production environments. pictured here is a modern (2010) remote controlled tablet hopper mechanism for use with bulk packaged individual tablets or capsules. in the uk these items are more suited to hospital pharmacies, where the issue of e.u. blister packaging regulations relating to medicine packaging does not apply. also pictured is another version of an automated machine that does not allow unauthorised interference to the internal store of drugs. (a useful security feature in a large pharmacy with public access.) repackaging process and stability data the transient or definitive displacement of the solid oral form from the original atmosphere to enter a repackaging process, sometimes automated, is likely to play a primary role in the pharmaceutical controversy in some countries. however, the solid oral dose is to be repackaged in materials with defined quality. considering these data, a review of the literature for determination of conditions for repackaged drug stability according to different international guidelines is presented by f lagrange.