Napoleon Monroe
Managing Director

New Directions Technology Consulting

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About

Napoleon Monroe, the sole inventor of the mMed medication-telemanagement patents, has been involved in the successful commercialisation of patents for decades. He spent more than 20 years at Survival Technology (now part of Pfizer), where he built up and managed its IP portfolio. There, he invented three medical devices that were patented and commercialised – two for autoinjectors and one for a transtelephonic peak-flow monitoring device. Mr Monroe also led teams that invented, prototyped, tested, commercialised and scaled up emergency pharmaceutical delivery systems, such as the original EpiPen, for treatment of anaphylactic shock, and the Antidote Treatment Nerve Agent AutoInjector delivery system, which still protects US and allied military and civilian personnel.

Contributions

CONNECTIVITY IN HEALTHCARE – FROM THE MILLENNIUM TO THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND

Napoleon Monroe looks back at the factors that influenced the underwhelming uptake of connectivity-enabling technologies in the healthcare sector over the first two decades of the 21st century, how the covid-19 pandemic changed everything and what current healthcare challenges connectivity might solve.

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INDUSTRIALISATION

INDUSTRIALISATION OF DRUG DELIVERY BEYOND MANUFACTURING

Napoleon Monroe considers the impact of the changing technological landscape on how industrialisation in the healthcare industry is evolving, with reference to the idea of “patients as consumers” and how the relationship between consumers, information and industry has evolved in other sectors, such as tech and retail – and how big players in those sectors are looking to move into and disrupt healthcare.

PATENTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR SMART HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS

Napoleon Monroe discusses the value of internet-connected smart devices in present-day healthcare, and introduces the mMed patent portfolio, of which Mr Monroe is the sole inventor, and which contains five US patents for key connected health technologies.

COVID-19: A CATALYST FOR IMPLEMENTING CONNECTED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS?

Napoleon Monroe analyses how covid-19 is catalysing a wide range of reactions in healthcare, explaining how drug and device connectivity are essential to improving patient access to treatment – and patient outcomes – as well as reducing overall cost.

PATIENTS, MANUFACTURERS & PRACTITIONERS CAN LEAD ADOPTION OF CONNECTED COMBINATION PRODUCTS

Napoleon Monroe asks why connectivity has failed to advance rapidly, and argues that many stakeholders can benefit if the adoption of connectivity for drug delivery can be accelerated. While this article will centre on pharmaceutical combination products, the essential points also relate more broadly to pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

CONNECTIVITY RESTORING TRUST IN PHARMA COMMUNICATIONS

Napoleon Monroe analyses connectivity coverage at recent drug delivery conferences and, more broadly, in various publications, to evaluate the current direction, and explore the scope for connectivity to effect changes benefiting multiple stakeholders across a range of treatment categories.

BEYOND MANUFACTURING: INDUSTRIALISATION OF DRUG DELIVERY IN THE REAL WORLD

When discussing the industrialisation of drug delivery, it is natural to focus on the processes and management of manufacture. Napoleon Monroe provides a different perspective on the idea of drug delivery’s “Industrialisation” and what that might mean in the modern world of service industry.

CONFERENCE REVIEW

CONNECTIVITY IN DRUG DELIVERY

Napoleon Monroe summarises the intensifying coverage of connectivity as a key theme at two recent drug delivery conferences he attended, Partnerships in Drug Delivery and PDA’s Universe of Prefilled Syringes and Injection Devices.

CONNECTED COMBINATION PRODUCTS: US ANALYSIS WITH POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS WORLDWIDE

Napoleon Monroe provides an overview of the current status of connected combination products from the US perspective, with an emphasis on human factors, automated identity and regulation.

CONNECTED COMBINATION PRODUCTS: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Napoleon Monroe provides an overview of connected health with a focus on drug delivery systems, beginning by showing that connected health has not suddenly emerged out of nowhere but, rather, it has been developing and evolving over many decades, even centuries.

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