TruPak™ Spark –
Growth-Ready Adherence Pouch Packaging
- Launch adherence packaging quickly without a major footprint or investment
- Auxiliary system for pharmacies with existing packaging automation
Flexible by Design: How TruPak Spark Adapts to Every Pharmacy
The TruPak™ Spark is the smart, scalable way to launch or expand your pharmacy’s adherence pouch packaging program. With its small footprint and growth potential, TruPak Spark is ideal for pharmacies looking to grow their business through adherence services.
For new adherence programs: A compact, low-cost way to launch adherence packaging and expand into LTC and LTC-at-home services—no major setup required.
For existing automation users: A flexible backup system for PRNs, stat doses, and mid-cycle changes that keeps production moving and scales easily with JFCRx trade-in options.
What can retail, long-term care, combo-shop, and hub-and-spoke pharmacies do with TruPak Spark?
Start services quickly without major footprint or cost
Add adherence packaging for long-term care (LTC) facilities and LTC-at-home programs
Handle PRNs, stat doses, and daily control orders outside cycle-fill; serve as a secondary packaging system during maintenance or downtime
Manage adjustments, discontinuations, or new scripts without disrupting production
Give your spoke pharmacy sites the power to run first fills, change orders, and short runs while the hub focuses on high-volume cycle fills
Universal Canister Technology: Smarter, Faster Filling
TruPak Spark’s Universal Canister Technology makes medication loading simple and straightforward. Self-calibrating canisters eliminate the need for costly canister changes and storage space and reduce exception tray usage.
Flexible Loading – Each canister is registered to a patient’s order and the required medication. Technicians simply scan the stock bottle’s barcode, count the needed quantity, and load the medication into the canister.
Self-Calibrating Technology – Canisters automatically adjust to pills of varying shapes and sizes, eliminating the need for manual calibration and saving technician time and steps.
TruPak Spark and Prep Station
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should retail and combo-shop pharmacies invest in adherence packaging?
Even small independent or combo-shop pharmacies can see a strong return on investment from adopting adherence packaging. Entry-level pharmacy pouch packaging systems are scalable, allowing you to start small and expand as your prescription volume grows. They streamline workflows, reduce manual labor, and minimize costly rework while improving accuracy and patient safety.
A well-designed adherence pouch packaging solution can quickly pay for itself by cutting labor costs, reducing medication errors, and expanding into new service offerings for existing patients. Many pharmacies save tens of thousands of dollars annually through greater efficiency, and fewer production interruptions — all while increasing patient volume and opening new revenue opportunities, such as medication synchronization and adherence programs.
How can adherence pouch packaging help my pharmacy increase revenue and patient retention?
Improved patient outcomes are the cornerstone of care, and a powerful driver of pharmacy success. When patients take their medications correctly and consistently, they stay healthier and avoid complications and hospitalizations.
Adherence pouch packaging supports this by simplifying complex regimens and boosting compliance. But the benefits don’t stop there: this solution also opens up new revenue opportunities, enhances patient retention, and lowers the cost to fill. It also reduces manual labor, allowing your team to address more patient-centric activities. The result: higher patient outcomes, elevated revenue, and greater efficiency.
What’s the best way for a pharmacy to start with adherence pouch packaging?
For pharmacies ready to grow but cautious about cost and complexity, the best starting point is a compact, growth-ready adherence pouch packaging system. These baseline solutions are designed for easy integration into existing pharmacy operations, offering automation without the large footprint or steep investment of enterprise systems.
Starting with an affordable, scalable adherence packager allows you to introduce multi-dose packaging services for chronic care and assisted living patients, pilot new medication adherence programs, and build the foundation for long-term growth. As prescription volume increases, these systems can easily scale to support higher throughput without overhauling your entire workflow.
Related Accessories
TruCut™ - Pill Cutter
For: Blister Card Packaging, Pouch Packaging
The TruCut™ pill cutter is designed for efficiency, cutting 10–25 tablets at once with dual titanium blades that deliver clean, precise halves every time. Adjustable guides and a built-in alignment system make it easy for anyone to achieve accurate cuts across a variety of pill shapes and sizes, supporting use in automation and inspection. With a quick-release table for fast cleaning and enclosed blades for safe, touch-free operation, it combines speed, precision, and safety in one device.
Work Stations
For: Blister Card Packaging, Fixtures, Pouch Packaging, Verification
Designed to streamline every step of your pharmacy automation workflow, this customizable workstation serves as the central hub for prescription filling, verification, packaging, and labeling. Built with both efficiency and ergonomics in mind, it offers motorized height adjustment or fixed-height configurations to support a comfortable, productive workspace.
Spooler and Spools
For: Pouch Packaging
Effortlessly manage and organize adherence pouch strips with our Automatic Spooler System. Designed to work seamlessly with the TruPak™ Pouch Packager, this system automatically winds dispensed pouch strips onto spools for smooth, continuous transfer into the TruCheck™ inspection system—saving time, reducing manual handling, and improving workflow efficiency. Spooler and Spools are available separately.
Exception Tray Cart
For: Blister Card Packaging, Fixtures, Pouch Packaging
The Exception Tray Cart is designed to store and organize your DTA or MDA exception trays, which are used for one-to-one medication filling in pharmacy workflows. This mobile cart lets you fill trays away from the machine without sacrificing organization, helping maintain workflow efficiency and flexibility in your pharmacy.
DTA Exception Tray
For: Pouch Packaging
For manual filling operations, the DTA Exception Tray streamlines adherence pouch packaging with RFID-enabled trays and guided lighting for accurate, one-to-one medication filling. Its dual-layer design reduces errors, while smart technology ensures the right tray is used at the right time—boosting speed, accuracy, and workflow efficiency.
Canister Storage
For: Blister Card Packaging, Fixtures, Pouch Packaging
Need high-density canister storage for your blister card packaging or pouch packaging process? Our space-saving design maximizes capacity, allowing you to expand your canister formulary while keeping canisters organized and easy to locate.
Also Consider
TruScriptTM provides easy, safe, and accurate automated vial filling. With a user-friendly interface and scalable design, it is adaptable to any pharmacy and can link multiple devices together to expand formulary capacity.
TruPakTM is the next evolution of adherence packaging and delivers labor-saving automated tablet pouch packaging for improved safety, efficiency, and medication adherence.
TruCheckTM provides adherence pouch verification for product quality, accuracy, and traceability. Efficient and accurate verification, review, and storage of adherence pouches is critical to any pharmacy operation. TruCheck streamlines production and minimizes timely manual checks while ensuring patient safety.
TruCardTM is the industry’s premier automated multi-dose blister card packaging solution with integrated image verification. Designed to fit the needs of any pharmacy through flexible configurations and workflows, the TruCard line provides accurate and efficient workflows to fill and check blister cards automatically.