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CONNECTED DRUG DELIVERY: ACHIEVING OPTIMAL BENEFITS THROUGH SMART COLLABORATION
George I’ons discusses the challenges developing connected devices presents to key market stakeholders when it comes to successful rollout and implementation. Additionally, he considers the perspectives of these market players, as well as the patients themselves, with respect to how connected drug delivery devices can help them to better achieve their desired outcomes.
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ECONOMIC OPERATORS UNDER THE EU MDR: THE NEW REQUIREMENTS
Beth Crandall spells out the new requirements for Economic Operators under the EU Medical Device Regulation.
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Andy Fry
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.
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Allison Strochlic
CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE AND INFORMATIVE EVALUATIONS OF INJECTION DEVICE PACKAGING
Allison Strochlic and Andrea Dwyer discuss the often overlooked aspect of a combination product user interface: the packaging. With a specific look at injection devices, the authors cover how to perform proper human factors testing of a combination product’s packaging, and the advantages doing so can confer to a project.
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Rina Chokshi
SUSTAINABLE PHARMACEUTICALS CAN OUTPERFORM THROUGH NATURALLY DERIVED INGREDIENTS & DEEP EXPERTISE
Rina Chokshi discusses the benefits of naturally derived, sustainable ingredients and their benefits to the environment and pharmaceutical industry.
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Sergio Malorni
RETHINKING DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION
Sergio Malorni and George Bostock discuss the issue of designing for sustainability, including going beyond “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” to “Rethink” and looking to adjacent and consumer industries for inspiration on innovations the drug delivery industry can adopt with a view to reducing its environmental impact.
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Rob Veasey
SUSTAINABILITY AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES
Rob Veasey explores the environmental challenges facing the drug delivery device industry – and the opportunities they bring.
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Tom Oakley
WEARABLE INJECTORS: LATEST DEVICES & RECENT TRENDS
Wearable injection device expert Tom Oakley discusses recent trends in the space. He also takes a look at wearable injection devices currently on the market and considers the future of wearable injectors.
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Frédérique Bordes-Picard
ADVANCED CAPSULE TECHNOLOGIES: DRY POWDER INHALERS TO TARGET DISEASE
Frédérique Bordes-Picard and Julien Lamps discuss the value of capsule-based dry powder inhalers in the modern respiratory market, the factors driving development in this area and considerations for matching a capsule to a device and formulation.
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María Fernández-Martos Balson
THE RISE OF COMPLEX ORAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS
María Fernández-Martos Balson and Bastiaan De Leeuw explore the oral delivery of biologics and the challenges that must be overcome in order to enhance bioavailability. The authors also take a look at some recently developed drug-device combinations.
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Napoleon Monroe
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.
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Tom Oakley
RISKS AND REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS FOR CONNECTED MEDICAL DEVICES
Tom Oakley discusses the risks surrounding the use of connected drug delivery devices – and the real-world solutions that have either been proved or are being trialled.
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Dr Andrei Yosef
CONNECTED DEVICE DATA NEEDED TO MAKE HOME CARE THE STANDARD
With home care on the increase as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Andrei Yosef looks at the crucial role played by connected home care medical devices and the data they generate.
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Salvatore Forte
SENSOR ADVANCEMENTS IN DRUG DELIVERY IMPROVE COMPLIANCE
Salvatore Forte discusses various advancements in sensors that are transforming drug delivery systems, making complex devices more automated, easier to use, and improving patient compliance as a result.
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Mark Turner
WHICH IS THE BETTER TOXICITY TESTING STRATEGY FOR COMBINATION DEVICES?
Mark Turner explores the issue of toxicity testing for combination devices and asks which is the better testing strategy – ISO 10993 or extractables and leachables?
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Yvonne Limpens
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPROVING TRAINING DEVICE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Yvonne Limpens and Brenda van Geel, explore the design considerations that need to be taken into account when developing training devices that are safe and effective – and support patients in learning how to administer an injection correctly.
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Beth Crandall
EU MDR DEADLINE DELAY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY?
With the compliance deadline for the EU Medical Device Regulation recently delayed by a year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Beth Crandall looks at what it means for the medical device industry.
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Nigel Theobald
SILICA RE-EMERGES AS POTENTIAL NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY VECTOR
Nigel Theobald looks at the challenges of oligonucleotide delivery and explores approaches to overcome them.
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Brennan Miles
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.
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Dr Igor Gonda
PUBLIC INTEREST & INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATORS OF INHALED PRODUCTS
Igor Gonda, David Cipolla and Philippe Rogueda discuss the changes needed to increase the number of approved generic orally inhaled drug products (OIDPs) whilst providing additional incentives to innovators to meet the needs of the general public.
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Phil Seeney
THE OPTIONS FOR CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE INHALER
With growing pressure to tackle climate change, Phil Seeney looks at the arguments in favour of creating more sustainable inhalers, and examines potential strategies to accomplish it.
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Jos van Noort
CHOOSING THE RIGHT LABEL MATERIAL FOR PREFILLED SYRINGES
Jos van Noort outlines some of the key factors that must be taken into consideration when selecting a label for prefillable syringes.
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Elizma Parry
EU MDR: ANCILLARY DELIVERY DEVICES FACE EQUAL SCRUTINY TO STANDALONE MEDICAL DEVICES
Elizma Parry offers her expertise and practical guidance to businesses hoping to achieve a CE mark for a medical device, with new EU regulations being implemented this year.
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George I’ons
PREFILLED SAFETY SYRINGE MARKET THRIVES AMID SELF-ADMINISTRATION TREND
George I’ons looks at how the growing trend of patient self-administration is driving demand for prefilled safety syringes.
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Dr Paolo Fiorini
LARGE-VOLUME INJECTORS: RISE IN BIOLOGICS BRINGS CHALLENGES
Developing devices capable of delivering highly viscous biologic drug formulations at high volumes does not come without its challenges. Paolo Fiorini, Gerard Linnane, Michael Kiely, Maciej Grygorczuk and Joshua Coyne discuss these challenges and the merits of various drive solutions.
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Stephen Augustyn
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.
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Dr Barbara Morgan
OPTIMISING OPHTHALMIC DRUG DELIVERY FOR THERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS
Barbara Morgan discusses how eye physiology impacts product formulation and choice of dosage form, and how advanced delivery technologies are providing new options for formulators seeking to improve the bioavailability or stability of their ophthalmic treatments.
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Dr Ulrica Sehlstedt
TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE – HOW CURATIVE THERAPIES WILL DISRUPT THE MARKET
Ulrica Sehlstedt, Craig Wylie, Thomas Unger, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Vikas Kharbanda, and Satoshi Ohara, all members of Arthur D. Little’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, explain how the shift to curative treatments promises to transform the entire healthcare ecosystem.
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Dr Juan Nogueira
CHOOSING THE RIGHT CONNECTIVITY FOR DRUG DELIVERY AND MEDICAL PRODUCTS
Juan Nogueira; Tommaso Borghi and Marco Vergani discuss the factors that need to be taken into account in the selection of connectivity technology for a drug delivery device or other medical product.
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Dr Matt Ash
HOW A DIGITAL APPROACH CAN UNPICK CLINICAL TRIAL CHALLENGES AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES
Matt Ash, Tom Lawrie-Fussey and Bastiaan De Leeuw look at the role digital technology can play in the development of drug-device combination products.
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Dr Jeffrey Philippson
THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PREFILLED SYRINGE AND AUTOINJECTOR – A DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
Jeffrey Philippson and Tom Kemp outline the challenges for autoinjector developers at the interface between the device and the prefilled syringe – and describe a framework to formalise analysis of the interface.
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Napoleon Monroe
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.
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Chris Franzese
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CO-PACKAGED COMPONENTS IMPROVE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND ENSURE CONSISTENT DRUG DELIVERY
Chris Franzese and Amy Rinaldi explore the challenges and benefits of co-packaging for manufacturers, healthcare workers and patients.
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Manuel Scherer
SHARING IS CARING: POLYMER SUPPLIERS AS MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
Manuel Scherer looks at whether the advent of wearable injectors calls for a more collaborative approach between polymer suppliers and medical device developers.
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Dr Neal Carty
WEARABLE INJECTORS: CHOOSING & TESTING OPTIMAL ADHESIVES
Neal Carty and Deepak Prakash highlight the importance of choosing and testing adhesives for optimal wearable drug delivery device performance.
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Dominique Bauert
PRIMARY PACKAGING FOR WEARABLE INJECTION DEVICES
Dominique Bauert and Anil Kumar Busimi provide an overview of existing wearable injector solutions and new requirements, with a focus on the role of the primary packaging inside the devices.
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Cory Costantino
A QUICK GUIDE TO USABILITY FOR WEARABLE INJECTORS
Cory Costantino and Lauren Fennelly list some typical steps a user might take while using wearable injectors, providing tips and points to note at each step, including design tips that might pre-empt potential interaction problems, and points to consider when conducting usability testing.
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Michael Penman
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.
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