PREFILLED SYRINGES

PREFILLED SYRINGES

A NOVEL PREFILLABLE SYRINGE WITH A GLASS PRIMARY CONTAINER BUT NO NEED FOR EXTREME THERMAL REFORMING

Stephen Shue introduces a proprietary prefillable syringe, the SMPFS, whose novel glass-tube-plus-plastic-sheath design enables the use of a standard glass tube primary drug container, but avoids the need for the extreme thermal reforming process that conventional glass prefillable syringes must undergo.

INJECTION

THE NEXT GENERATION OF COATED PLUNGERS

Carina Van Eester explores the benefits of fully coated plungers for prefilled syringes and cartridges.

SUSTAINABILITY

Dirk Borghs

Datwlyer Healthcare Solutions

SMART GOALS AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR A RESILIENT SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY

Dirk Borghs considers the obligation of the pharmaceutical sector to implement environmentally responsible practices, and discusses the steps Datwyler is taking in its efforts for sustainability.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Doug Boyd

Battelle

CUSTOMISING PLATFORM DEVICES: CHALLENGES & CONSIDERATIONS

How do you choose the best delivery system for your drug? Doug Boyd explores the pros and cons of a cost-effective, off-the-shelf platform versus a custom drug delivery device, and discusses the challenges and considerations of customising an existing platform device.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Lars Keinicke Hansen

Stevanato Group

MEETING QUALITY DEMANDS THROUGH INTEGRATED PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Lars Keinicke Hansen; Chiara Mussoi and Odra Pinato describe how the streamlining of processes and harmonisation of products and services can better serve pharmaceutical companies. A case study highlights how a unique combination of expertise in automation and glass primary packaging benefited pharma giant Merck Serono in a recent project.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Pete Evans

Oval Medical Technologies

INTEGRATING DESIGN AND INDUSTRIALISATION TO OPTIMISE COST, QUALITY & TIME

Pete Evans and Meredith Canty explore how integrating design and industrialisation teams can optimise the cost, quality and time of developing a novel drug delivery system.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Frederick Gertz

SHL Group

APPLICATIONS OF DEEP LEARNING IN MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURING

Frederick Gertz and Gilbert Fluetsch look at how deep learning can be leveraged in a medical device manufacturing environment.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Diana Löber

SCHOTT

THE FUTURE OF SMART FILL-AND-FINISH

Diana Löber discusses new developments in digitised pharmaceutical manufacturing and the role SCHOTT’s Smart Containers can play in traceability along the entire value chain.

CONNECTIVITY

John Merhige

Credence MedSystems

THE AWARD-WINNING CREDENCE CONNECT™ AUTO-SENSING INJECTION SYSTEM

John Merhige explains how connectivity that is universally applicable to any existing prefilled syringe platform adds value throughout the ecosystem, both including and beyond the “compliance business model”.

CONNECTIVITY

Gaël Senée

Biocorp

SENSORS ARE TOOLS – BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM SMART?

Gaël Senée and Arnaud Guillet explore the benefits of Mallya – a smart sensor that turns conventional injection pens into connected devices. They also discuss the crucial role Biocorp’s connected prefilled syringe, Injay, could play in future COVID-19 vaccination programmes.

INTERVIEW

Steven Kaufman

Stevanato Group

INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN KAUFMAN, STEVANATO & URI BARUCH, CDP

Steven Kaufman and Uri Baruch discuss the recently announced collaboration between their two companies to accelerate the development of a new variable-dose, cartridge-based pen injector platform for diabetes.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Tomohiro Suzuki

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

UPDATE ON OXYCAPT MULTILAYER PLASTIC VIAL AND SYRINGE

Tomohiro Suzuki gives an update, including new oxygen barrier data, on the development of the OXYCAPT™ multilayer plastic vial and syringe.

EXPERT VIEW

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.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Aurelie Pager

BD (Becton Dickinson & Company)

Shorter Needles with Thinner Walls to Improve Injection Experience in Chronic Care

Aurélie Pager, Brigitte Duinat and Barbara Alves look at how new BD Neopak™ XtraFlow™ prefillable syringes with shorter, 8 mm needles and thinner-wall cannula technology are set to improve the injection experience for subcutaneous drug delivery in chronic care.

EXPERT VIEW

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?

EXPERT VIEW

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.

VIDEO

Equashield

Equashield^® Pro from Equashield

Closed System Transfer Device (CSTD) provider Equashield introduces Equashield^® Pro, the first CSTD-enabled automated drug compounding robot.

COVID-19 NEWS

Joe Reynolds

Noble

Telemedicine gains acceptance amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Noble highlights how telemedicine is poised to become a mainstream alternative to the traditional in-person methods of care delivery, with the COVID-19 pandemic easing barriers to acceptance and introducing patients to the safety and convenience of telehealth technology.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Gene Rhode Fuensalida Pantig

SHL Group

ADDRESSING COMPLEX BIOLOGICS WITH RATIONAL DRUG DEVICE DESIGN

Gene Rhode Fuensalida Pantig reviews drug development over the years, the discovery of biologics as therapeutic agents and the emergence of autoinjectors, in correspondence with Hans Lin, PhD, a Research Fellow from Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Joe Reynolds

Noble

ENHANCING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE FOR SELF-INJECTION SYSTEMS

The complexity of injectable treatment regimens for chronic diseases means onboarding aids can be integral to disease management. Joe Reynolds discusses the role of demonstration devices in improving the patient experience and adherence.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Shota Arakawa

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

OXYCAPT MULTILAYER PLASTIC VIAL AND SYRINGE

Shota Arakawa and Tomohiro Suzuki, discuss the benefits of the OXYCAPT™ multilayer plastic vial and syringe for the rapidly growing field of biologics and regenerative medicines.

EXPERT VIEW

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.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Wolfgang Moersch

ZwickRoell

PRODUCT SHOWCASE: ZwickRoell Parenteral Device Testing Platform

ZwickRoell offers a wide variety of standardised test fixtures for parenteral devices including, described here: testing prefilled syringes to ISO 11040-4, -6 & -8; testing of Luer/Luer lock connections; serial, parallel and fully automatic syringe testing; and traceable, tamper-proof test results.

INJECTION

Tom Oakley

Springboard

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE AUTOINJECTOR

Tom Oakley and Sigrid Saaler-Reinhardt discuss the development of the Midas Pharma’s NIS cartridge-based autoinjector.

EXPERT VIEW

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.

INJECTION

Séverine Duband

Nemera

LEVERAGING THE PATIENT JOURNEY TO OPTIMISE DEVICE USE AT HOME

Séverine Duband and Mark Tunkel discuss the importance of device optimisation to increase patient safety during self-administration of medication.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Christian Helbig

SCHOTT

FINDING THE RIGHT PACKAGING FOR BIOLOGIC DRUGS

Christian Helbig introduces a new 2.25 mL version of SCHOTT’s syriQ BioPure® prefillable syringes designed specifically for the biologics market and, developed in partnership with WL Gore, the world’s first silicone-free glass syringe system.

VIDEO

John Merhige

Credence MedSystems

VIDEO: Credence Connect from Credence MedSystems

Credence MedSystems takes us through the use steps of its new Credence Connect™ autosensing injection system, and smartphone app.

CONNECTIVITY

Biocorp

PRODUCT SHOWCASE: Injay – Connected Prefilled Syringe

Biocorp presents Injay, the first prefilled syringe with built-in connectivity, providing a cost-effective and easy-to-implement solution that improves treatment adherence, upholds quality of reporting, and provides a secure treatment protocol and traceability.

EXPERT VIEW

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.

INJECTION

Tibor Hlobik

West Pharmaceutical Services

SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING PREFILLED SYRINGES

Tibor Hlobik describes how the use of cyclic olefin polymer delivery systems is gaining in popularity because of the benefits they have over glass systems for complex drug applications, and explains what this advance in technology can offer drug manufacturers.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Roland Lindner

sortimat

LED-GENERATED UV FOR ADHESIVE CURING IN MEDICAL DEVICES

Roland Lindner, Matthias Schulze and Bill Jaworski discuss how the needs around adhesive use in the manufacture of medical devices such as glass syringes have evolved and how ATS sortimat has developed a new process to meet industry demands.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Simon Strothers

3P Innovation

F2V: A STERILE, CUSTOMISABLE LIQUID FILL-FINISH PLATFORM FOR THE TOTAL LIFECYCLE

Simon Strothers presents an integrated fill-finish platform, F2V, designed to represent a commercial filling system as a bench-top solution. The article also includes a recent case study where the F2V was used by Consort Medical to help develop and industrialise a flagship delivery device. 

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Tomohiro Suzuki

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

LATEST UPDATE ON OXYCAPT™ MULTILAYER PLASTIC VIAL AND SYRINGE

Tomohiro Suzuki gives an update on the development of the OXYCAPT™ multilayer plastic vial and syringe – highlighting the results of recent tests comparing it with existing glass syringes.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Berthold Schopferer

Zahoransky

Z.BLIZZARD AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR PFS: IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PATIENTS

With the ultimate objective of improving patients’ lives, Berthold Schopferer provides an overview of the company’s customer-specific automated manufacturing and assembly equipment offering for prefillable polymer syringes.

INJECTION

Marta Vilaplana

Oval Medical Technologies

FUNCTION-BASED PRIMARY PACKAGING DESIGN FOR INJECTING VISCOUS NON-NEWTONIAN FORMULATIONS

Marta Vilaplana; Alex Vasiev and Susie White explore the challenges of delivering high-viscosity, non-Newtonian fluids emphasising the importance of robust tools to characterise specific device and formulation parameters in light of increasing regulatory scrutiny.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Aurelie Pager

BD (Becton Dickinson & Company)

8 MM NEEDLE – IMPROVING SUBCUTANEOUS CHRONIC DRUG DELIVERY

Aurelie Pager describes how reducing needle length can improve the risk profile of subcutaneous injections and can make injecting viscous formulations easier and quicker, and highlights BD’s development programme for an innovative shorter needle with ultra-thin walls for prefilled syringes.

EXPERT VIEW

Chris Franzese

Matchstick

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.