Celanese

Celanese’s drug delivery offering spans both device and formulation applications. Its high-performance engineering thermoplastics have applications in injection pens, inhalers and syringes requiring robust and reliable materials. Its EVA polymers are used as controlled-release excipients.

European Offices
Celanese Corporation
Am Unisyspark 1
65843 Sulzbach
Germany

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T: +31 46 438 9704

Articles by Celanese

PREFILLED SYRINGES

SANTOPRENE^® TPV – A NEXT STEP IN ELASTOMERIC COMPONENTS FOR CONVENTIONAL, SAFETY AND PREFILLED SYRINGES AND AUTOINJECTORS

Shiva Douse, Jeff Smith and Brad Wessman introduce Santoprene® TPV, a novel medical-grade thermoplastic elastomer for use in syringes and autoinjectors that offers significant benefits over traditional thermoset rubbers.

Fallyn Flaherty-Earp

LESSONS FROM MARKETED MEDICAL DEVICES TO ENHANCE CONNECTED DRUG DELIVERY

Fallyn Flaherty-Earp looks at what medical device manufacturers can learn from connected devices already on the market and discusses the opportunities electronic inks can provide for the development of innovative therapies for the treatment of chronic diseases.

DRUG DELIVERY PLATFORM DRIVES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS-DELIVERY GLAUCOMA TREATMENT

Harsh Patel, Cyonna Holmes and Brian Wilson discuss how Celanese’s VitalDose^® EVA drug delivery platform can help reduce intraocular pressure by creating a desired therapeutic release profile.

GETTING A GRIP ON FRICTION – A CRUCIAL CONSIDERATION FOR INHALER DESIGN

Bryan Deacon discusses the importance of considering friction when developing a new inhaler design, providing an overview of some of the basic considerations friction raises, as well as highlighting how optimising friction early with the aid of a materials expert can reduce risk, lower cost and lead to a better product overall.

GLASS-FILLED CELANEX^® MT^® PBT HITS SWEET SPOT FOR BIOLOGICS AND REUSABLE DEVICES

Bryan Deacon, Marnik Vaes and Peter Burke, introduce a medical-grade glass-filled engineering polymer, Celanex^® MT^® PBT 2406MT GF20, which fills a gap in the materials market between standard engineering thermoplastics and expensive high-performance polymers.

SUSTAINED, CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY TO THE EYE

Harsh Patel, Cyonna Holmes and Brian Wilson consider the challenges and advances in sustained-release ocular drug delivery.

VECTRA^® MT^® LCP BRINGS THE ADVANTAGES OF LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS TO WEARABLE INJECTORS

Wim Vos, Dave Pellegrino and Rob Haley discuss the myriad benefits of Vectra^® MT^® LCP, Celanese’s medical-grade liquid crystal polymer, for wearable injection devices, including improved patient comfort, greater design flexibility and reduced processing costs.

SPECIALTY LCP COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONICS INTEGRATION IN CONNECTED MEDICAL DEVICES

Young Kim, Don DeMello and Philip Wilson, discuss the benefits of recent advances in liquid crystal polymer for connected medical devices.

HOSTAFORM^® POM ECO-B – PROVEN, VERSATILE, EASY AND SUSTAINABLE

Kevin Norfleet and Rob Haley discuss the need for environmentally sustainable materials in the medical device industry, and how Celanese’s Hostaform^® MT^® POM ECO-B meets that need, being an exact equivalent to the company’s existing material but produced using up to 97% bio-content using a potential greenhouse gas as feedstock, accounted for using the mass balance approach.

Dr Kirsten Markgraf

POLYMERS WITH IMPROVED TRIBOLOGY

Kirsten Markgraf and Wendy Johnson review the performance of various polyoxymethylene acetal copolymer grades, and introduce two new grades optimised for sliding applications.

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