About

João Ventura Fernandes is Director of Technology Development and Licensing at Hovione Technology. He is a mechanical engineer, holds a PhD in Engineering Design and is an inventor and patent holder. He has acquired significant experience in product development across the aerospace and pharmaceutical industries. He has previously worked in jet-engine design at Volvo Aero and Rolls-Royce and joined Hovione in 2014, becoming a developer of inhaler technology and a licensor of intellectual property. He has taken a leading role in developing, licensing and marketing the new PowdAir capsule-based inhaler and in the expansion and promotion of Hovione Technology’s product portfolio.

Contributions

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DRY POWDER INHALERS: TOWARDS EFFECTIVE, AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE RESPIRATORY HEALTHCARE

João Ventura Fernandes and Peter Villax look at the trends shaping the development of dry powder inhalers, highlighting the need for a shift in industrial strategy towards effective, globally affordable, sustainable devices.

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A SIMPLE AFFORDABLE DPI: MEETING THE NEEDS OF EMERGING MARKETS

Anselm Ebert, João Ventura Fernandes, Ameet Sule and Sunita Sule discuss the rising need for respiratory medication in the developing world. They go on to highlight the novel challenges presented by these new markets and explain how a new DPI, PowdAir Plus™, meets those challenges, offering a solution to the increase in chronic respiratory conditions across the globe.

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SCALING-UP FOR HIGH DOSE DELIVERY TO THE LUNGS

João Ventura Fernandes, Gonçalo Rebelo de Andrade and Peter Villax describe the scaling up of the currently marketed TwinCaps® inhaler into the new TwinMax™ design for high-dose delivery of challenging drug-alone formulations in single to short-term treatments and emergency situations.