Articles
The Promise of Connected Healthcare (And Why It's Proving Hard to Get There)
The June edition of OnDrugDelivery featured this article by, Kevin Deane, Executive Vice-President, Front-End Innovation, Medicom Innovation Partner, and Bill Welch, Chief Technology Officer, Phillips-Medisize, showing that clear trends are emerging, some helping to push connected healthcare forward and some that are slowing down progress, and describe the opportunities and challenges arising.
What's the Outcome?
New and improved drugs are released every year and many companies have initiatives to supply them. While proficient in drug development, most of them do not have the expertise required to fully produce a drug delivery device. Instead, they are increasingly looking to external partners for device designs and manufacturing.
Systems Engineering for Complex Portable Drug Delivery Device Development
A systems engineering approach can provide reduced risk and increased efficiency for the ever-growing requirements of smaller, smarter and more complex inhaler devices. Taking a systems engineering approach to development, provices a holistic, organized and deliverate method for identifying, as well as reducing both patient and business risks early in the process
The Power of Drug Device Company Collaboration
When drug and device companies join forces, it can free pharmaceutical and
biotech companies to focus on their core competencies, while leveraging their
suppliers' existing, proven, regulatory-compliant design ability and
manufacturing processes and infrastructure. Bill Welch, shares a preview of his
forthcoming Pharmapack talk.
Smaller, Smarter, Electronic, Connected: The Next Generation of Drug Delivery Devices
Adding electronics and connectivity to drug-delivery devices is a trend
gaining momentum, particularly for drugs self-administered by patients
outside the clinical setting. The technological advancements that have been driving the consumer electronics market are now influencing new methods for drug delivery.
Full Scale
Scalability for drug delivery begins with concurrent engineering of DFM/DFA and development of a device manufacturing concept. The manufacturing unit or CMO must be able to effectively provide these capabilities, as well as the capabilities for project management and technical execution of the plan.
