Team Consulting

Team Consulting is a fee-for-service consultancy that works with pharma and medtech clients to design and develop medical devices, in particular drug delivery devices. In the field of drug delivery, Team Consulting’s focus is in administation via the respiratory and parenteral routes.

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Team Consulting Ltd
Abbey Barns
Duxford Road
Ickleton
Cambridge
CB10 1SX
United Kingdom

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T: +44 1799 532 700

Articles by Team Consulting

Alastair Willoughby

Pharmapack Preview: An INTERVIEW with ALASTAIR WILLOUGHBY

CPHI Milan this year included a key discussion led by Team Consulting’s Alastair Willoughby on “Understanding the Problem of Decarbonisation in Drug Delivery”; one of the industry’s critical challenges. These themes will be discussed in greater depth at Pharmapack Europe in Paris in January.

Chris Hurlstone

FUTURE TRENDS FOR NOVEL INJECTABLE DRUG DELIVERY

Chris Hurlstone looks at the increasing demand for novel injectable devices and summarises the areas we can expect to see significant development activities in injectable technologies.

Alastair Willoughby

REUSABLE VERSUS SINGLE-USE DEVICES: TRADE-OFFS IN IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY

Alastair Willoughby and Prem-Sagar Tank, explore various device trade-offs for both sustainability and cost in reusable injection devices, and consider how this compares with single-use devices.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT INTRANASAL VACCINE DEVICE

Nia Stevens, discusses the potential benefits of developing vaccines for intranasal administration with a suitable drug delivery device, as well as the challenges associated with this delivery route.

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Alastair Willoughby

DISCUSSION PRIMER: PHARMAPACK

Pharmapack’s organisers spoke with three industry experts, Alastair Willoughby, Jamie Greenwood and Chris Hurlstone, all from Team Consulting, to get their perspectives on the major trends expected to be top discussion topics at the event, and to play a significant role in the industry throughout 2024 and beyond.

TACKLING DESIGN CHALLENGES IN EMERGENCY-USE AUTOINJECTORS

John Burke considers the challenges that manufacturers need to overcome when designing emergency-use autoinjectors.

Pharmapack Expert Panel on Patient-Centric Digital Health: Interview with Ben Cox, Team Consulting

With Pharmapack returning to its traditional February timing in 2023, Team Consulting will be chairing a Day 1 expert panel discussion on patient-centric digital health solutions. Interviewed here, Ben Cox provides insight into trends the panel will discuss, lays out the current status of the industry with respect to digital health and considers what to look forward to at Pharmapack this year.

Alastair Willoughby

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & SUPPLIER SELECTION

Alastair Willoughby looks at the factors affecting sustainability when considering global supply chain logistics and supplier selection.

HOW DIGITAL UX IN CLINICAL TRIALS CAN IMPROVE MEASURES

Ben Cox discusses the key challenges, principles and advantages of following a user-experience approach to digital health technologies in clinical trials.

Gabrielle Whitworth-Smith

CYBERSECURITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF CLOUD CONNECTIVITY

Gabrielle Whitworth-Smith and Thomas Watts look at the benefits and risks associated with cloud connectivity and the accompanying cybersecurity challenges.

EIGHT ESSENTIAL SUSTAINABILITY TERMS FOR THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY

Kay Sinclair, Brennan Miles and Charlie Dean provide an overview of eight terms key to a common understanding in the ongoing, and crucial, discussion surrounding sustainability.

THE POWER OF ONBOARDING: BUILDING PERSUASIVE USER EXPERIENCES FOR COMPANION APPS

Ben Cox discusses the value of onboarding in drug delivery device companion apps, and how it is a key component of converting a one-time user to a repeat user, unlocking the true value of companion apps as a tool for combating poor adherence to medications and gathering high-quality data.

PREPARING FOR MASS VACCINATION

Andy Fry and Stephen Blatcher discuss the need for a mass vaccination device in response to the 2020 covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the authors discuss the benefits and challenges of turning to needle-free injection technology as a solution.

RESPIRATORY DRUG DELIVERY: THEN, NOW AND SOON

Brennan Miles takes a look back at respiratory drug delivery over the last few decades to see what we can learn from the past – and looks ahead to what the future might look like, covering sustainability, device regulation, and formulation milestones.

DEVICE DESIGN CONSULTANCIES JOIN FORCES, STEP-UP TO THE COVID-19 VENTILATOR CHALLENGE

Leading device design consultancies Cambridge Consultants, PA Consulting, Sagentia, Team Consulting and TTP , with industrial assistance from MetLase, have joined forces to answer the UK government's call for the rapid development and manufacture of vital ventilators for patients suffering with severe symptoms of COVID-19.

HOW TO DESIGN A BODY-WORN INJECTOR

Body-worn injectors require you to understand your user, your drug and your technology – and there are numerous pitfalls for the unwary. Stephen Augustyn shares some insights.

THE CHALLENGES OF VERIFYING A WEARABLE INFUSOR

Michael Penman shows why it is important to verify body-worn infusor performance, highlighting the challenges and learnings from an example where Team Consulting was tasked with the design and verification of one such wearable device.

THE ADVANTAGES OF DESIGNING HIGH-RESISTANCE SWIRL CHAMBERS

David Harris taps into a powerful combination of detailed anatomical and functional understanding of the human respiratory system, pulmonary drug delivery technology and formulation expertise.

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