About

Dave Seaward, a founding director of 3P, is a chartered engineer with a first degree in joint electrical and mechanical engineering and a control theory PhD. His PhD focused on the application of servo motors to packaging machinery. This early work has led to a career spanning 30 years associated with the development of custom automation for a variety of industries. These include the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. Many of his projects have included advanced powder or liquid dispensing. Seaward is named inventor on multiple patents. He has worked on 14 dry powder inhaler programmes and nine different injectable drug delivery and auto-injector projects. At 3P, he developed high speed gravimetric powder dispensing technology capable of dosing pure API including biologics into devices and capsules for inhaled and injectable applications. More recently he has helped develop the processes to manufacture a number of drug eluting polymer/modified release products.

Contributions

INDUSTRIALISATION

MANAGING RISKS & COSTS FOR SEAMLESS SCALE-UP & SMOOTH COMMERCIALISATION

Today’s drug delivery industry is seeing shifting thought in a number of areas, one of which is the move towards design for manufacture. Simon Strothers and Dave Seaward both of 3P innovation, discuss a “better way” for developing drug delivery devices, highlighting design for manufacture, critical quality concerns and mandraulic prototyping.

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EXPERT VIEW

CHOOSING THE RIGHT DOSATOR FOR DPI DOSING

Jamie Clayton, Rajeev Dattani and Dave Seaward discuss the operation of dosators for reliable and accurate filling of DPI capsules and blisters.

PULMONARY

A NOVEL POWDER FILLING TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT COSTS & TIMELINES

Simon Strothers and Dave Seaward discuss the evolution of filling technology in the inhaled world, including a new technology and approach to filling which offers significant advantages over conventional filling systems.