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Injectable Drug Delivery107

Issue No #107 May 2020 May 27th, 2020

Inside the magazine

ESTABLISHING DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING FOR MEDICAL DEVICES

Frederick Gertz

ESTABLISHING DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING FOR MEDICAL DEVICES

Frederick Gertz explores the benefits for medical device design and manufacturing organisations of adapting to the use of big data and analytics.

INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN KAUFMAN, STEVANATO & URI BARUCH, CDP

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.

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

PREFILLED SYRINGES

Dr Stephen Shue

SaferMed Technologies

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.

UPDATE ON OXYCAPT MULTILAYER PLASTIC VIAL AND SYRINGE

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.

SENSOR ADVANCEMENTS IN DRUG DELIVERY IMPROVE COMPLIANCE

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.

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

PREFILLED SYRINGES

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.

WHICH IS THE BETTER TOXICITY TESTING STRATEGY FOR COMBINATION DEVICES?

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?

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPROVING TRAINING DEVICE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS

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.

THE NEXT GENERATION OF COATED PLUNGERS

Carina Van Eester

THE NEXT GENERATION OF COATED PLUNGERS

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

APPLICATION OF CFD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WEARABLE BOLUS INJECTOR

Validus Engineering

APPLICATION OF CFD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WEARABLE BOLUS INJECTOR

Marcus Hall, Björn Ullbrand and Claus Schmidt Møller describe the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as the primary design and analysis tool in the development of a wearable bolus injector.

SUPPORTING IMPROVED PATIENT ONBOARDING & ADHERENCE WITH TRAINING SOLUTIONS

Bill Guilliouma

SUPPORTING IMPROVED PATIENT ONBOARDING & ADHERENCE WITH TRAINING SOLUTIONS

Bill Guilliouma looks at the role of platform training solutions for patient onboarding and adherence to treatment regimens.

EU MDR DEADLINE DELAY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY?

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.

SILICA RE-EMERGES AS POTENTIAL NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY VECTOR

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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