Wearable Injectors100

Issue No #100 Sep 2019 September 5th, 2019

Inside the magazine

KEY CHALLENGES IN SUCCESSFUL WEARABLE DRUG DELIVERY & PATIENT SELF-ADMINISTRATION

Matthew Huddleston

Enable Injections

KEY CHALLENGES IN SUCCESSFUL WEARABLE DRUG DELIVERY & PATIENT SELF-ADMINISTRATION

Matthew Huddleston, Andrew Eibling and Jennifer King look at the key challenges involved in successful wearable drug delivery technology and patient self-administration.

EVOLUTION OF AN ON-BODY BOLUS INJECTOR: FROM DRUG-SPECIFIC DEVICE TO PLATFORM

E3D – Elcam Drug Delivery Devices

EVOLUTION OF AN ON-BODY BOLUS INJECTOR: FROM DRUG-SPECIFIC DEVICE TO PLATFORM

Tsachi Shaked introduces E3D’s On-body Bolus Injector, OBI, a versatile platform that uses gas generating microcells as its engine, has no electromechanical components, and only one moving part.

LARGE-VOLUME WEARABLE DRUG DELIVERY: A VISION BECOMES REALITY

Hans Peter Manser

LARGE-VOLUME WEARABLE DRUG DELIVERY: A VISION BECOMES REALITY

Hans Peter Manser, Christoph Egloff and Martin C King introduce LV DDS , a flexible-form, low-profile wearable injector platform, for large-volume drug delivery.

SHARING IS CARING: POLYMER SUPPLIERS AS MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

SHARING IS CARING: POLYMER SUPPLIERS AS MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

Manuel Scherer looks at whether the advent of wearable injectors calls for a more collaborative approach between polymer suppliers and medical device developers.

WEARABLE INJECTORS: CHOOSING & TESTING OPTIMAL ADHESIVES

WEARABLE INJECTORS: CHOOSING & TESTING OPTIMAL ADHESIVES

Neal Carty and Deepak Prakash highlight the importance of choosing and testing adhesives for optimal wearable drug delivery device performance.

CAN WEARABLE DEVICES BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN PEN INJECTOR AND PUMP?

Stevanato Group

CAN WEARABLE DEVICES BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN PEN INJECTOR AND PUMP?

Steven Kaufman and Paolo Golfetto explore the potential for wearable injectors to be disruptive technologies in the drug delivery market.

THE CHANGING DRUG DELIVERY PARADIGM

BD (Becton Dickinson & Company)

THE CHANGING DRUG DELIVERY PARADIGM

Beth DiLauri sets out the fundamental case for the adoption of wearable injectors, outlines the specific barriers they overcome and describes how the design and development of the BD Libertas™ wearable injector platform make it an attractive proposal for pharma companies.

TRAINING PATIENTS IN THE USE OF WEARABLE INJECTORS

TRAINING PATIENTS IN THE USE OF WEARABLE INJECTORS

Joe Reynolds highlights the projected growth in popularity of wearable injector devices, and shows that it is imperative for healthcare providers (HCPs) both to train their patients properly in the office, and offer training devices that patients can take home and practice with.

PRIMARY PACKAGING FOR WEARABLE INJECTION DEVICES

Dominique Bauert

PRIMARY PACKAGING FOR WEARABLE INJECTION DEVICES

Dominique Bauert and Anil Kumar Busimi provide an overview of existing wearable injector solutions and new requirements, with a focus on the role of the primary packaging inside the devices.

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OSMOTIC LARGER VOLUME WEARABLE BOLUS INJECTOR

Claus Schmidt Moeller

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OSMOTIC LARGER VOLUME WEARABLE BOLUS INJECTOR

Claus Schmidt Moeller provides an overview of the mechanism, functionality and applications of the company’s osmotic, single-use, low-cost, versatile wearable bolus injector.

ADVANCES IN MULTILAYER TECHNOLOGY FOR WEARABLE INJECTOR PRIMARY PACKAGING

Hiroki Hasegawa

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

ADVANCES IN MULTILAYER TECHNOLOGY FOR WEARABLE INJECTOR PRIMARY PACKAGING

Hiroki Hasegawa and Tomohiro Suzuki discuss how multilayer technology used in the drinks bottle industry can be used to create syringes and vials for biologics, avoiding problems such as oxidation and absorption that occur with other materials.

SCALABLE ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS – FULLY INTEGRATED, TRULY GLOBAL

Mikron Automation

SCALABLE ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS – FULLY INTEGRATED, TRULY GLOBAL

Rolf Rihs and Jean-François Bauer look at how Mikron has specialised in flexible, modular assembly solutions that are easy to evolve during the different stages of a product lifecycle: from development through to fully automated, maximum-performance production.

LARGE-VOLUME PATCH-INJECTION VIA YPSODOSE: SIMPLER FOR PHARMA COMPANIES & PATIENTS

LARGE-VOLUME PATCH-INJECTION VIA YPSODOSE: SIMPLER FOR PHARMA COMPANIES & PATIENTS

Ian Thompson updates us on the company’s prefilled large-volume patch injector platform, YpsoDose, which simplifies the approach to wearable patch injectors for both pharma companies and patients.

COMPANY SHOWCASE: Sensile Medical

Sensile Medical

COMPANY SHOWCASE: Sensile Medical

Sensile Medical has achieved a lot since its acquisition by Gerresheimer last year. Here they provide an update on two recent projects: the recent market launch of our first micropump, an infusion pump for Parkinson’s disease patients; and our latest project with SQ Innovation for a 3 mL furosemide patch pump.

A VIAL-BASED SOLUTION FOR WEARABLE DRUG DELIVERY

A VIAL-BASED SOLUTION FOR WEARABLE DRUG DELIVERY

Mindy Katz and Michael Ratigan describe how, due to the inherent challenges of integrating vials into wearable devices, there has not been a viable, patient-centric option for wearable devices using vials ... until now.

HOW LARGE-VOLUME WEARABLES REVOLUTIONISE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE

Victoria Morgan

West Pharmaceutical Services

HOW LARGE-VOLUME WEARABLES REVOLUTIONISE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE

Victoria Morgan looks at how the combination of large-volume medicines and the trend for wearable devices is transforming life for patients, highlighting the company's new-generation SmartDose 10 mL platform.

MITIGATING RISK TO DELIVER SUCCESS IN HIGH-VOLUME WEARABLE DEVICES

Catherine Thacker

MITIGATING RISK TO DELIVER SUCCESS IN HIGH-VOLUME WEARABLE DEVICES

Catherine Thacker and Bill Jaworski discuss risk reduction solutions in the manufacturing architecture for wearable injectors, including an example where autonomous intelligent vehicles and ATS‘s real-time industrial IoT manufacturing intelligence system, Illuminate®, were employed.

A QUICK GUIDE TO USABILITY FOR WEARABLE INJECTORS

Cory Costantino

A QUICK GUIDE TO USABILITY FOR WEARABLE INJECTORS

Cory Costantino and Lauren Fennelly list some typical steps a user might take while using wearable injectors, providing tips and points to note at each step, including design tips that might pre-empt potential interaction problems, and points to consider when conducting usability testing.

THE CHALLENGES OF VERIFYING A WEARABLE INFUSOR

THE CHALLENGES OF VERIFYING A WEARABLE INFUSOR

Michael Penman shows why it is important to verify body-worn infusor performance, highlighting the challenges and learnings from an example where Team Consulting was tasked with the design and verification of one such wearable device.

2019 PDA UNIVERSE OF PRE-FILLED SYRINGES AND INJECTION DEVICES PREVIEW

CONFERENCE SHOWCASE

2019 PDA UNIVERSE OF PRE-FILLED SYRINGES AND INJECTION DEVICES PREVIEW

PDA Europe presents the 16th edition of its signature event Universe of Pre-filled Syringes & Injection Devices – an important conference for people working in the fields of parenteral drug, and device, development, covering solutions to challenges regarding new developments, and regulatory and industry trends.

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