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INJECTION

FROM VIAL TO WEARABLE INJECTOR
WEARABLES
Dr Kate Hudson-Farmer
FROM VIAL TO WEARABLE INJECTOR
While autoinjectors are often the delivery method of choice for patient self-administration, there are occasions when a vial and syringe format is required. To overcome the problems associated with this method, Medicom has developed a flexible, wearable patch pump which can accept a simple glass vial and provide a fully automated injection system. Hans Jensen and Kate Hudson-Farmer explain how it works.
GETTING TO KNOW SENSILE MEDICAL
INTERVIEW
Derek Brandt
GETTING TO KNOW SENSILE MEDICAL
Chief Executive Officer Derek Brandt and three of his colleagues – Christoph Lüdi, Head of Systems Engineering, Alex Perrier, Senior Technology Manager, and Marco Drüssel, Mechanical Engineering Manager – have all been a part of Sensile Medical for the past ten years, and here reflect on the company’s past and discuss the future.
BEYOND CONNECTIVITY: ENABLE & FLEX ANNOUNCE THE ENABLE SMART DEVICE
CONNECTIVITY
Matthew Huddleston
Enable Injections
BEYOND CONNECTIVITY: ENABLE & FLEX ANNOUNCE THE ENABLE SMART DEVICE
Matthew J Huddleston and Angela Wright talk about integrating Bluetooth connectivity into Enable’s latest Smart On-Body Delivery Device, describing how the Flex/Enable partnership has also been expanded to encompass Flex’s Digital Health Platform.
ADDRESSING EVOLVING HEALTHCARE NEEDS WITH DIGITAL HEALTH: CONNECTING DRUG DELIVERY
CONNECTIVITY
Dr Sundeep Kankanala
BD (Becton Dickinson & Company)
ADDRESSING EVOLVING HEALTHCARE NEEDS WITH DIGITAL HEALTH: CONNECTING DRUG DELIVERY
Sundeep Kankanala, Dave Icke and Chris Franzese explain how BD is moving towards providing solutions rather than products, particularly in the field of diabetes, discussing two frameworks created to improve the impact of the connected solutions.
SAFEGUARDING USER NEEDS: THE LONG-TERM LEGACY OF SHL’S PATIENT-CENTRIC DESIGNS
INJECTION
Jochen Ratjen
SHL Medical
SAFEGUARDING USER NEEDS: THE LONG-TERM LEGACY OF SHL’S PATIENT-CENTRIC DESIGNS
Jochen Ratjen talks about his personal experiences, what patient-centricity means to SHL, and how SHL’s designs are moving ahead with the changing trends.
FAST-TO-MARKET LARGE VOLUME INJECTOR FOR SELF-ADMINISTRATION
INJECTION
Bjørn Knud Andersen
FAST-TO-MARKET LARGE VOLUME INJECTOR FOR SELF-ADMINISTRATION
In response to a set of very specific device objectives Bjørn Knud Andersen and Bjarne Sørensen present an electronic, connected large-volume injector concept for self-administration as the ideal solution.
CONTINUOUS GROWTH & INNOVATION IN COMBINATION PRODUCT MARKET PRESENTS CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Paul Sullivan
Noble
CONTINUOUS GROWTH & INNOVATION IN COMBINATION PRODUCT MARKET PRESENTS CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
Paul Sullivan describes how smart, error-detecting training devices that are true to the form and function of the actual device deliver the most promising impact on adherence and compliance for patient self-injection.
NEEDLE-FREE JET INJECTION IN WORKPLACE INFLUENZA CLINICS
EXPERT VIEW
Tara Miller
NEEDLE-FREE JET INJECTION IN WORKPLACE INFLUENZA CLINICS
Tara Miller, Chris Galloway, and William E Gannon Jr evaluate an unmet need for increasing immunisation coverage in workplace influenza clinics by offering needle-free injection technology.
READY-TO-USE COMPONENTS
INJECTION
Joël Cotten
Aptar Pharma
READY-TO-USE COMPONENTS
Joël Cotten discusses the importance of sterile transfer in parenteral combination product manufacturing and Aptar Pharma’s gamma sterilisation suitable ready-to-use delivery device components.
INJECTABLE DRUG DELIVERY: DEVICES MEET NEXT-GENERATION FORMULATIONS
EXPERT VIEW
Dr Iulia Karlsson
INJECTABLE DRUG DELIVERY: DEVICES MEET NEXT-GENERATION FORMULATIONS
Iulia Karlsson, discusses a new technology called BeloGal which allows drugs to be delivered in high doses to the right organ and avoids the problems of low water solubility that hamper many modern formulations.
YPSODOSE WEARABLE DEVICE FOR THE LARGE-VOLUME INJECTION OF BIOLOGICS
WEARABLES
Ian Thompson
Ypsomed
YPSODOSE WEARABLE DEVICE FOR THE LARGE-VOLUME INJECTION OF BIOLOGICS
Ian Thompson describes self-injection device trends for larger injection volumes and introduces YpsoDose, a new prefilled large-volume wearable injector being developed by Ypsomed Delivery Systems.
ADJUSTING & CONTROLLING INJECTION SPEED BY DESIGN: IMPACT ON PAIN PERCEPTION
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Isabelle Delcroix
Nemera
ADJUSTING & CONTROLLING INJECTION SPEED BY DESIGN: IMPACT ON PAIN PERCEPTION
Isabell Delcroix and Pascal Dugand describe a study of the multi-award-winning Safelia® auto-injector platform, which showed how varying and slowing injection speed could reduce pain perception.
TONY BRATT, NORDIC PHARMA
INTERVIEW
Tony Bratt
TONY BRATT, NORDIC PHARMA
Tony Bratt discusses Nordic Pharma’s specialised market focused business model and how he believes drug delivery systems, in particular the platform device concept, can play an important role in this niche product field.
AUTO-INJECTOR DESIGN: MANAGING DRUG TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS
EXPERT VIEW
Jake Cowperthwaite
AUTO-INJECTOR DESIGN: MANAGING DRUG TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS
Jake Cowperthwaite examines the impact of environmental and drug temperature variation on auto-injector performance and describes techniques for managing this variation on modern auto-injectors.
BUILDING BRIDGES FROM DRUGS TO PATIENTS: USABILITY & HUMAN FACTORS
INJECTION
Nicolas Sandoz
BUILDING BRIDGES FROM DRUGS TO PATIENTS: USABILITY & HUMAN FACTORS
Nicolas Sandoz describes Sensile Medical’s approach to ensuring it takes usability and human factors into account during the development of its devices, in particular for subcutaneous delivery.
DRUG CONTAINMENT & DELIVERY INNOVATION
WEARABLES
Chris Henshall
West Pharmaceutical Services
DRUG CONTAINMENT & DELIVERY INNOVATION
Chris Henshall discusses how West's SmartDose platform considers the interface between drug, device and patient and how it offers an easy-to-use, reliable and integrated system for managing self-injection.
A COLLABORATION THAT SAYS YOU’RE IN SAFE HANDS
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Pascal Dugand
Nemera
A COLLABORATION THAT SAYS YOU’RE IN SAFE HANDS
William Dierick, Pascal Dugand and Adrien Tisserand describe a collaboration to create a compatibility between Terumo’s PLAJEX™; prefillable syringes with Nemera’s Safe‘n’Sound® platform of add-on passive sharps injury protection devices for PFS.
COMPANY SHOWCASE: AVERY DENNISON
INJECTION
COMPANY SHOWCASE: AVERY DENNISON
As labelling technology continues to develop, pharmaceutical labels are making an increasingly significant contribution to operational efficiencies, and to security and compliance. Smarter and more dependable labelling solutions are important in often safety-critical clinical environments.
SAFER PREFILLED SYRINGES & FEWER PROCESS CHANGES
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Jean Vuillecard
Biocorp
SAFER PREFILLED SYRINGES & FEWER PROCESS CHANGES
Jean Vuillecard, Philippe Lesaulnier and Eric Dessertenne explain how, despite great innovations, adopting new syringe safety systems has always been a trade-off between safety and the cost of implementing new processes and introduce Biocorp's Newguard™, a new passive safety system integrated on prefilled syringes without such compromises being required.
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: PREMIUMCOAT™
INJECTION
Anne Bailly
Aptar Pharma
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: PREMIUMCOAT™
PremiumCoat™ is a novel range of elastomeric stoppers developed by Aptar Pharma and based on an approved, pure, state-of-the-art formulation. The surface of the elastomer is coated during manufacturing with a thin fluoropolymer film.
THE ADD-ON APPROACH TO CONNECTIVITY
CONNECTIVITY
Christian Keller
SHL Medical
THE ADD-ON APPROACH TO CONNECTIVITY
William Cirillo and Christian Keller describe a simple add-on connected digital platform that can work with an existing delivery device. Digital health is an umbrella term that covers a lot of different applications of technology in the health industry. From wearable sensors and electronic health records to health apps, connected and digital solutions are becoming more accepted.
DRUGDELIVERYSYSTEM FOR 1 ML LONG PREFILLED SYRINGES
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Hans Peter Manser
DRUGDELIVERYSYSTEM FOR 1 ML LONG PREFILLED SYRINGES
Ludwig Weibel and Hans Peter Manser ask, how can drug delivery systems help in patient compliance? And what are the challenges to be encountered with novel drugs filled in 1 mL long prefilled syringes? A novel and innovative approach is presented meeting the requirements of today’s and future drug applications.
PACKAGING & MACHINERY ENGINEERED TO GO HAND-IN-HAND
INJECTION
Christoph Hammer
PACKAGING & MACHINERY ENGINEERED TO GO HAND-IN-HAND
Christoph Hammer explains how Dividella exclusively manufactures machines for packaging pharmaceutical products at its facility in Grabs, Switzerland. The focus is totally on the packaging of parenteral pharmaceuticals in Top-Load boxes. These sensitive products demand well thought-out packaging solutions.
ADAPTIQ<sup>®</sup> & VIALS DC
INJECTION
SCHOTT Pharma
ADAPTIQ® & VIALS DC
SCHOTT has expanded its adaptiQ® portfolio of ready-to-use pharma containers to meet growing market demand from drug manufacturers and, separately, a new series of studies has once again demonstrated the effectiveness of SCHOTT Vials Delamination Controlled (Vials DC).
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