RESPIRATORY

PULMONARY

THE APPLICATION DIVERSITY OF METERED PUMP-BASED SOFT MIST DEVICES

Marie-Christine Klein, Andreas Bilstein and Caroline Hoffmann discuss the underlying techniques involved in the use of metered pump-based soft mist devices and their application diversity.

PULMONARY

DEVELOPMENT APPROACH FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CAPSULE-BASED DPI

Mirjam Kobler, Ameet Sule and Sunita Sule look at the factors affecting the performance of dry powder inhalers and discuss the company’s development of high-performance prototypes.

EXPERT VIEW

Will Davies

DESIGNING SUSTAINABILITY INTO PHARMACEUTICAL DEVICES

Will Davies discusses in detail how to address the challenges of designing sustainability into pharmaceutical devices.

EXPERT VIEW

Tim Wooller

SUSTAINABILITY IN DRUG DELIVERY: HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Tim Wooller discusses the urgent need to transition away from disposable models of drug delivery device design and move towards reusables, providing insights into the reasons why and the methods by which this can be achieved.

NASAL

Séverine Duband

Nemera

ACCELERATING THE GO-TO-MARKET OF NASAL COMBINATION PRODUCTS WITH INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS

Séverine Duband and Audrey Chandra discuss emerging trends in the ear, nose and throat market and how Nemera can assist in bringing new devices to market.

SUSTAINABILITY

Chris Baron

Aptar Pharma

NAVIGATING pMDI REFORMULATION 2.0

Chris Baron and William Ganley examine possible responses to the environmental impact of pressurised metered dose inhalers use and consider alternative inhaler types, with a focus on the strategies and support that can accelerate the development of the next generation of pMDIs.

NASAL

Joe Neale

Recipharm

NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF BRINGING INTRANASAL DRUG FORMULATIONS & DEVICES TO PATIENTS

Joe Neale and Ross Errington explore the obstacles and opportunities facing the intranasal drug delivery market and how manufacturers can overcome them by harnessing innovative platforms like Unidose^® Xtra.

PULMONARY

Dr Orest Lastow

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NOVEL INDUSTRIAL-SCALE ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE ELIMINATION METHOD FOR INHALATION PRODUCTS

Orest Lastow describes a novel technique for removing the built-up charge from dry powder inhaler components, offering a potential solution to the issues caused by static charges in these devices, including decreased performance, altered powder properties and increased variability in delivered dose.

PULMONARY

Andy Cleall

3P Innovation

ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO PUT DIFFICULT POWDERS INTO CAPSULES?

Andy Cleall and Ben Smith discuss process optimisation and cutting-edge technology for powder filling, including how 3P’s R500 and R1000 robotic capsule fillers are pushing the boundaries of optimal filling and how its Fill2Weight technology enables increased filling accuracy and improved yields.

NASAL

Dr Julie Suman

Aptar Pharma

THE POTENTIAL AND THE CHALLENGES OF NASAL VACCINATION

Julie Suman and Nektaria Karavas discuss the challenges and opportunities of intranasal vaccination – showcasing current understanding for both liquid and powder products. Experimental studies highlight critical issues, the performance of commercially available devices and developments in formulation practice.

PULMONARY

Dr Rui Churro

Hovione

CAPSULE FILLING FOR DPIs – LINKING PROCESS SCALES THROUGH ADVANCED CHARACTERISATION AND QUALITY BY DESIGN

 Rui Churro, Carolina Lopes and João Pires discuss the value of rheological characterisation of powders to expedite and de-risk the scale-up of DPI capsule-filling processes.

PULMONARY

Dr Jasdip Koner

Aston Particle Technologies

ISOTHERMAL DRY PARTICLE COATING – BACK TO THE FUTURE?

Jasdip Koner, Abdul Ershad and David Wyatt introduce Aston Particle Technologies’ novel dry powder processing technology – isothermal dry particle coating (iDPC™) – explaining how it has the capacity to enhance and broaden the scope of what dry powder formulations can achieve in respiratory medicine.

EXPERT VIEW

Matt Jones

DUE DILIGENCE – THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE SELECTION

Matt Jones and Rob Veasey consider the process of matching the drug with the right delivery device and look at the importance of due diligence when “licensing in” technology.

EXPERT VIEW

Mark Parry

CONSIDERATIONS WHEN SWITCHING FROM CURRENT pMDI PROPELLANTS TO NEW LOWER-GWP PROPELLANTS

Mark Parry discusses the considerations that need to be made when switching from current pressurised metered dose inhaler propellants to new alternatives with lower global warming potential, including formulation, regulatory and analytical standpoints.

INTERVIEW

Dr Ben Cox

Team Consulting

Pharmapack Expert Panel on Patient-Centric Digital Health: Interview with Ben Cox, Team Consulting

With Pharmapack returning to its traditional February timing in 2023, Team Consulting will be chairing a Day 1 expert panel discussion on patient-centric digital health solutions. Interviewed here, Ben Cox provides insight into trends the panel will discuss, lays out the current status of the industry with respect to digital health and considers what to look forward to at Pharmapack this year.

CONNECTIVITY

Edgar Hernan Cuevas Brun

HCmed Innovations

ADVANCEMENTS IN MONITORING ADHERENCE – A SMART MESH NEBULISER

Edgar Hernan Cuevas Brun and Yuan-Ming Hsu consider patient adherence and the role HCmed Innovations’ AdheResp mesh nebuliser plays in monitoring adherence.

CONNECTIVITY

Dr Haykel Ben Jamaa

Sensirion

DIGITAL HEALTH: ADDRESSING MODERN HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES WITH SENSORS

Haykel Ben Jamaa explores why modern society needs digital health and how it is organised and implemented, with a focus on sensing technologies empowering digital health technologies.

PULMONARY

Dr Orest Lastow

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WHY ARE INHALATION DEVICES SO DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP?

Orest Lastow discusses the challenges of developing inhalation products and how best to keep costs down and prevent project delays.

NASAL

Reenal Gandhi

Aptar Pharma

STEPS TO SUCCESS IN NOSE-TO-BRAIN DRUG DELIVERY

Reenal Gandhi and Gemma Budd consider the multiple hurdles associated with developing nasal drug delivery solutions, current understanding of the associated biology and the advantages of alternative device designs and state-of-the-art formulation practice.

EARLY INSIGHT

Dr Elijah Nazarzadeh

Nebu~Flow

CREATING A PLATFORM FOR NEBULISATION OF A WIDE RANGE OF DRUG TYPES AND FORMULATIONS

Elijah Nazarzadeh and John Pritchard introduce Nebu~Flow – a novel class of nebuliser technology that represents a major step in the ability to deliver drugs efficiently to the lungs. overcoming the limitations of current systems and unlocking the potential of the inhalation route, including for systemic delivery.

PULMONARY

Edgar Hernan Cuevas Brun

HCmed Innovations

A ROADMAP FOR DRUG-NEBULISER COMBINATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Edgar Hernan Cuevas Brun and Yuan-Ming Hsu lay out HCmed Innovations’ roadmap for the development of drug-nebuliser combination products.

SKIN

Dr Claire Authesserre

Eveon

AN AIRLESS SPRAY NOZZLE TO PRODUCE A FINE AND SOFT MIST

Claire Authesserre and Florian Corne discuss the current challenges faced by the topical spray-based delivery of therapeutics and how EVEON’s Ad-Mist™ spray nozzle overcomes these challenges to harness the potential of this delivery route.

PULMONARY

Bryan Deacon

Celanese

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.

PULMONARY

Lynn Jordan

Proveris Scientific

EXPLORING NEW IN VITRO TESTS TO DEMONSTRATE BIOEQUIVALENCE IN INHALATION PRODUCTS

Proveris Scientific looks at recent advances in in vitro testing in inhalation products to demonstrate bioequivalence and discusses the company’s INVIDA platform that replicates human usage of the device.

EXPERT VIEW

Dr Yannick Baschung

EXPANDING THE DESIGN OF CHARACTERISATION STUDIES FOR ACCURATE HANDLING-ERROR ASSESSMENT

Yannick Baschung discusses the importance of a comprehensive and accurate assessment of patient handling errors when it comes to inhaled product development.

EXPERT VIEW

James Silk

THE INFLUENCE OF UNCERTAINTY ON CHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION

James Silk discusses the importance of accounting for uncertainty when characterising the extractables profile of a medication, with particular reference to the ISO 10993 standard.

PULMONARY

Dr Salvatore Pillitteri

Granutools

POWDER CHARACTERISATION FOR DPI PERFORMANCE IN CAPSULE-BASED INHALERS

Salvatore Pillitteri, Aurélien Neveu and Sarah Zellnitz-Neugebauer discuss the analysis of three powder blends of salbutamol sulphate with distinct lactose grades, using tapped density and rotating drum methods.

PULMONARY

Dr Philippe Rogueda

Merxin

DELIVERING BIOLOGICS WITH SOFT MIST INHALERS – A MARKET POISED TO EXPAND

Philippe Rogueda discusses the inhalable biologics market, how the introduction of soft mist inhalers represents a significant opportunity for new and old therapeutics alike, and how the market is poised for a major expansion in therapeutic application, size and value.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Drew Jelgerhuis

Scherdel Medtec North America

ENGINEERING EXPERTISE: DESIGN FOR EXCELLENCE

Drew Jelgerhuis looks at how a design-for-excellence (DFX) systematic approach can help manufacturers achieve their objectives.

INDUSTRIALISATION

Rob Doorakkers

IGS GeboJagema

HIGH-PRECISION INJECTION MOULDS FOR INHALERS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Rob Doorakkers and Erwin van Huijksloot discuss the challenges and solutions of engineering and manufacturing high-precision injection moulds for inhalers.

EARLY INSIGHT

Dr Klaus-Dieter Beller

CLIPhaler – INHALATION DEVICE DESIGN REDUCED TO THE MAXIMUM

Klaus-Dieter Beller discusses the advantages of the inhalation route of administration, how his principle of design simplicity has informed the design of novel inhalation devices and introduces CLIPhaler, his latest and simplest device.

EXPERT VIEW

Marco Franza

THE INNOVATIONS TACKLING CHALLENGES & MAXIMISING OPPORTUNITIES IN INHALATION

Marco Franza and Nadine Khoury look at how the latest digital technologies, manufacturing techniques and packaging materials are combining to take the manufacture of inhalers to a new level.

EXPERT VIEW

Dr Heather Jameson

TAKING THE STING OUT OF VACCINES

Heather Jameson, Juliette Ngan and Omar Shah discuss the potential advantages and challenges of intranasal and inhaled vaccines in the context of global respiratory pandemics.

EXPERT VIEW

Dr Paul Kippax

SOLVING COMPLEX FORMULATION & DELIVERY CHALLENGES FOR INTRANASAL DRUGS

Paul Kippax discusses the analytical techniques used for in vitro characterisation of nasal sprays, and how their use can accelerate and de-risk both innovator and generic nasal drug development.

EXPERT VIEW

Mark Ignaczak

NASAL DELIVERY – A GALAXY NOT SO FAR AWAY… A BRIEF MARKET HISTORY OF THE NASAL DELIVERY LANDSCAPE

Mark Ignaczak provides an insight into the history of nasal drug delivery and looks at the advantages of the nasal delivery route.

SUSTAINABILITY

Phil Seeney

PA Consulting

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN THE LINTEL OF SUSTAINABLE INHALER DEVELOPMENT

Phil Seeney, Philip Winkworth and Craig Nelson provide an insight into sustainability developments in the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on inhalables.

SUSTAINABILITY

Dr Iain Simpson

Phillips-Medisize

CONSIDERING THE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT OF CONNECTED INHALERS IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA

Iain Simpson and Vinith Bhandari consider the sustainability impact of device connectivity specific to asthma inhalers through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

SUSTAINABILITY

Matthias Birkhoff

Aptar Pharma

SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES ARE THE KEY TO MEETING ESG COMMITMENTS

Matthias Birkhoff and Christophe Marie discuss the advances Aptar Pharma has made in delivering on its sustainability objectives.