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THE VALUE OF A BD INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR COMBINATION PRODUCTS
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Theresa Bankston
THE VALUE OF A BD INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR COMBINATION PRODUCTS
Theresa Bankston looks at the advantages of using an integrated system for drug-device combination products. As well as avoiding problems such as breakage and incompatibility, integrated products can offer solutions at every interface between the drug, container and delivery device and save significant amounts of time and money.
THE UNIVERSE OF PRE-FILLED SYRINGES & INJECTION DEVICES
CONFERENCE SHOWCASE
Georg Roessling
THE UNIVERSE OF PRE-FILLED SYRINGES & INJECTION DEVICES
This year’s Universe of Pre-filled Syringes and Injection Devices will examine increasingly important issues, such as the new patient-centric business reality for the self-injection market and rising US FDA concerns about self-injection.
TORSTEN MASCHKE, DATWYLER SEALING SOLUTIONS
INTERVIEW
Torsten Maschke
TORSTEN MASCHKE, DATWYLER SEALING SOLUTIONS
Torsten Maschke has been Chief Executive of the Sealing Solutions division of Datwyler and a member of the group’s Executive Board since October 2016. Before joining Datwyler Group, he was responsible for the worldwide distribution of sealing and damping solutions for the automotive industry at Freudenberg Group (Weinheim, Germany).
UNISAFE<sup>®</sup>: THE IMPORTANCE OF ROBUST DESIGN PREDICTIONS IN DEVICE MANUFACTURING
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Damian Holland
UNISAFE®: THE IMPORTANCE OF ROBUST DESIGN PREDICTIONS IN DEVICE MANUFACTURING
Damian Holland outlines how the design team went about creating a safer and user-friendly springless safety syringe – UniSafe® – which bypasses some of the problems associated with spring-based devices.
PROFITABLE PACKAGING & MODULAR THINKING FOR INDUSTRY 4.0
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Christoph Hammer
PROFITABLE PACKAGING & MODULAR THINKING FOR INDUSTRY 4.0
Christoph Hammer discusses the financial reasoning behind the selection of packaging equipment, taking into account real current and potential future requirements (paying particular attention to Industry 4.0 concepts), and highlighting the advantages of taking a modular approach, such as the solutions offered by Dividella and its sister companies.
THE MAKINGS OF INNOVATION IN ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY
PREFILLED SYRINGES
THE MAKINGS OF INNOVATION IN ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY
In the context of recent industry trends and market demands, including the emergence of biosimilars and increasingly viscous formulations, SHL provides an update on its portfolio of auto-injector products, including two new devices, Maggie® and Bertha™.
NEWGUARD – PAVING THE WAY FOR A NEW SAFETY STANDARD
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Philippe Lesaulnier
NEWGUARD – PAVING THE WAY FOR A NEW SAFETY STANDARD
Needlestick injuries remain a serious concern for pharmaceutical companies involved in injectable drugs. Biocorp has been developing NewGuard™, an integrated passive safety device to tackle this problem. Throughout the development phase, Biocorp defined key elements to ensure NewGuard™ will not require unnecessary changes to be made to the PFS manufacturing process. Philippe Lesaulnier and Eric Dessertenne explain more.
CRITICAL MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DRUG CONTAINMENT
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Richard Molin
CRITICAL MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DRUG CONTAINMENT
Dick Molin highlights some of the hazards that arise through the use of traditional lubricious coatings in parenteral delivery devices. Particular focus is paid to the problems of protein aggregation and trace impurities leaching from elastomeric components before describing how the polymer Parylene, applied as a very thin coating using SCS’ unique deposition method, avoids them.
STEVEN R KAUFMAN, BESPAK
INTERVIEW
Steven Kaufman
STEVEN R KAUFMAN, BESPAK
Steven Kaufman is Global Business Development Lead at Bespak Europe Ltd, responsible for business development activities related to injectable devices such as auto-injectors and wearable injection systems.
USING POLYMERIC PDC TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE AUTO-INJECTOR DESIGN
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Jonathan Lawson
USING POLYMERIC PDC TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE AUTO-INJECTOR DESIGN
The limitations of using glass-based auto-injectors, such as contamination, and the need for delivering complex, viscous preparations, have led to a new approach that uses polymeric PDC technology instead. Jonathan Lawson, Jonathan Bradshaw and Susie White look at what polymeric PDCs can offer in making auto-injectors truly patient-centric.
DESIGN VALIDATION TESTING – DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES
EXPERT VIEW
Mark Turner
DESIGN VALIDATION TESTING – DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES
From a regulatory perspective, Mark Turner provides a summary of the current requirements of parenteral device manufacturers in the area of design validation testing.
COMPLEX DEVICES, SIMPLE PATIENT CARE
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Adrien Tisserand
COMPLEX DEVICES, SIMPLE PATIENT CARE
Adrien Tisserand explains how the recent granting of German Pharmaceutical Drug Manufacturing Authorisation for Nemera’s facility in Neuenburg enhances the company’s offering to industry, before going on to discuss the Safelia® auto-injector and Safe’n’Sound® safety device platforms.
CONTINUOUS GROWTH & INNOVATION IN COMBINATION PRODUCT MARKET PRESENTS CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Paul Sullivan
CONTINUOUS GROWTH & INNOVATION IN COMBINATION PRODUCT MARKET PRESENTS CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
Paul Sullivan describes how smart, error-detecting training devices that are true to the form and function of the actual device deliver the most promising impact on adherence and compliance for patient self-injection.
ADJUSTING & CONTROLLING INJECTION SPEED BY DESIGN: IMPACT ON PAIN PERCEPTION
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Isabelle Delcroix
ADJUSTING & CONTROLLING INJECTION SPEED BY DESIGN: IMPACT ON PAIN PERCEPTION
Isabell Delcroix and Pascal Dugand describe a study of the multi-award-winning Safelia® auto-injector platform, which showed how varying and slowing injection speed could reduce pain perception.
A COLLABORATION THAT SAYS YOU’RE IN SAFE HANDS
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Pascal Dugand
A COLLABORATION THAT SAYS YOU’RE IN SAFE HANDS
William Dierick, Pascal Dugand and Adrien Tisserand describe a collaboration to create a compatibility between Terumo’s PLAJEX™; prefillable syringes with Nemera’s Safe‘n’Sound® platform of add-on passive sharps injury protection devices for PFS.
COMPANY SHOWCASE: AVERY DENNISON
INJECTION
COMPANY SHOWCASE: AVERY DENNISON
As labelling technology continues to develop, pharmaceutical labels are making an increasingly significant contribution to operational efficiencies, and to security and compliance. Smarter and more dependable labelling solutions are important in often safety-critical clinical environments.
SAFER PREFILLED SYRINGES & FEWER PROCESS CHANGES
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Jean Vuillecard
SAFER PREFILLED SYRINGES & FEWER PROCESS CHANGES
Jean Vuillecard, Philippe Lesaulnier and Eric Dessertenne explain how, despite great innovations, adopting new syringe safety systems has always been a trade-off between safety and the cost of implementing new processes and introduce Biocorp's Newguard™, a new passive safety system integrated on prefilled syringes without such compromises being required.
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: PREMIUMCOAT™
INJECTION
Anne Bailly
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: PREMIUMCOAT™
PremiumCoat™ is a novel range of elastomeric stoppers developed by Aptar Pharma and based on an approved, pure, state-of-the-art formulation. The surface of the elastomer is coated during manufacturing with a thin fluoropolymer film.
THE ADD-ON APPROACH TO CONNECTIVITY
CONNECTIVITY
Christian Keller
THE ADD-ON APPROACH TO CONNECTIVITY
William Cirillo and Christian Keller describe a simple add-on connected digital platform that can work with an existing delivery device. Digital health is an umbrella term that covers a lot of different applications of technology in the health industry. From wearable sensors and electronic health records to health apps, connected and digital solutions are becoming more accepted.
DRUGDELIVERYSYSTEM FOR 1 ML LONG PREFILLED SYRINGES
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Hans Peter Manser
DRUGDELIVERYSYSTEM FOR 1 ML LONG PREFILLED SYRINGES
Ludwig Weibel and Hans Peter Manser ask, how can drug delivery systems help in patient compliance? And what are the challenges to be encountered with novel drugs filled in 1 mL long prefilled syringes? A novel and innovative approach is presented meeting the requirements of today’s and future drug applications.
PACKAGING & MACHINERY ENGINEERED TO GO HAND-IN-HAND
INJECTION
Christoph Hammer
PACKAGING & MACHINERY ENGINEERED TO GO HAND-IN-HAND
Christoph Hammer explains how Dividella exclusively manufactures machines for packaging pharmaceutical products at its facility in Grabs, Switzerland. The focus is totally on the packaging of parenteral pharmaceuticals in Top-Load boxes. These sensitive products demand well thought-out packaging solutions.
ADAPTIQ<sup>®</sup> & VIALS DC
INJECTION
ADAPTIQ® & VIALS DC
SCHOTT has expanded its adaptiQ® portfolio of ready-to-use pharma containers to meet growing market demand from drug manufacturers and, separately, a new series of studies has once again demonstrated the effectiveness of SCHOTT Vials Delamination Controlled (Vials DC).
MORE PRODUCT EFFICIENCY BY FULLY AUTOMATED PRODUCTION PROCESSES
INJECTION
Berthold Schopferer
MORE PRODUCT EFFICIENCY BY FULLY AUTOMATED PRODUCTION PROCESSES
Harry Pruner, Freelance Journalist, Pruner Marketing Services, gives a run-down of the machines and production lines manufactured by ZAHORANSKY for the production of ready-to-fill, prefillable syringes.
PATIENT-CENTRICITY & CONFIDENCE IN DEVICE DESIGN
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Alex Fong
PATIENT-CENTRICITY & CONFIDENCE IN DEVICE DESIGN
Alex Fong provides an overview and update on needlestick injury, its prevention and the market for needle safety devices, and introduces Unisafe™, Owen Mumford's springless, passive safety device designed to work with existing prefillable syringes.
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