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Audrey Furness
Marketing Executive

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Audrey Furness is Marketing Executive for ONdrugDelivery Magazine.

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CONFERENCE SHOWCASE

CONNECT IN PHARMA REPORT: FUTURE TRENDS IN DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES

A new report from the organisers of Connect in Pharma, “The Future of Pharma Production, Manufacturing and Packaging Trend Report”, has highlighted a range of forces shaping the future of the pharmaceutical manufacturing and drug-delivery industry.

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Interview with Biocorp’s Arnaud Guillet

In this exclusive interview, Arnaud Guillet of Biocorp talks with ONdrugDelivery about connectivity in the injectables space, sharing some of the insights Biocorp has gained from its decade of experience in developing connected drug delivery devices.

Technology Showcase: Testing Solutions for pMDI Drug Development

Proveris Scientific showcases its complete suite of testing solutions for pMDI drug development, which include Proveris by Design, Ergo Studies, Vereo SFMDx Actuators, and a new Kinaero Cx pMDI Collection System.

PHARMAPACK EUROPE DRUG DELIVERY AND PACKAGING ANNUAL SURVEY 2021

Pharmapack presents the results of its annual survey and market report, covering the latest Pharmapack Innovation Index and the inaugural Pharmapack Sustainability Index, and taking stock of where the survey results suggest the pharma industry currently is, and where it is heading, in terms of innovation and sustainability.

ENSURING FORMULATION PROTECTION AND PATIENT CARE WITH AIRLESS DISPENSERS

Audrey Chandra, Manuela Basso and Raphaële Audibert consider Nemera’s holistic approach to dermal drug delivery, explaining why airless technology is important for dermal pharmaceutical applications

MEDICSEN: NEEDLE-FREE SMARTPATCH FOR PAINLESS DRUG DELIVERY

Eduardo W Jørgensen, Juan César de Mercado and José Carlos Montesinos describe the Smartpatch, a novel technology for subcutaneous delivery of drugs via a comfortable, pain-free patch using sonophoresis, based on Medicsen’s patented miniaturised ultrasound technology.

MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN STRATEGY FOR A CONNECTED FUTURE

Michael Kiely, Laura Marsden, Peter Stringer, and David Boyle discuss the design challenges at the electromechanical interface and encourage manufacturers to adopt a standardised approach for connecting medical devices to the cloud.

ECONOMIC OPERATORS UNDER THE EU MDR: THE NEW REQUIREMENTS

Beth Crandall spells out the new requirements for Economic Operators under the EU Medical Device Regulation.

PULMOCRAFT™: ENGINEERING SPRAY-DRIED POWDERS FOR PULMONARY DELIVERY

Richard Johnson discusses the techniques of jet milling and spray drying for the production of formulations for dry powder inhalers, and introduces Upperton Pharma’s PulmoCraft™ technology, which combines the advantages of both.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

TRAINING DEVICES & PATIENT EDUCATION PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE SELF-INJECTION DRUG DELIVERY MARKET

Joe Reynolds discusses the role training devices and patient education play with regard to self-injection therapies.

ENHANCING PROTEIN PRESERVATION DURING BIOLOGICAL DRUG PREPARATION AND DELIVERY

Adrien Bouillet, Loïc Girois and Marianne Weidenhaupt, discuss the results of work carried out in joint efforts by EVEON and LMGP in the field of protein adsorption and aggregation, and how the results of this work have led to improvements in the design of EVEON’s proprietary micropump.

PREFILLED SYRINGES

THE IMPORTANCE OF A GREAT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE TO ACHIEVE A GREAT MEDICAL DEVICE

William Fortina considers the importance of the medical device development experience in the healthcare context and discusses the factors that make for a superior development process.

INDUSTRIALISATION

PACKAGING LINE FOR GSK AUTOINJECTORS: A CASE STUDY

Ivan De Sanzo describes a unique automated complete packaging line provided to GlaxoSmithKline for three different autoinjectors.

CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE AND INFORMATIVE EVALUATIONS OF INJECTION DEVICE PACKAGING

Allison Strochlic and Andrea Dwyer discuss the often overlooked aspect of a combination product user interface: the packaging. With a specific look at injection devices, the authors cover how to perform proper human factors testing of a combination product’s packaging, and the advantages doing so can confer to a project.

INTERVIEW WITH SAI SHANKAR, ADAM SHAIN & MARCUS BATES

Sai Shankar, Adam Shain and Marcus Bates discuss the full potential of connectivity, coronavirus as a potential accelerator of adoption, and the place of connected drug delivery systems within Aptar Pharma’s broader offering to industry.

MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF COVID-19

Beo Arana de Martinez and Ilan Shopen discuss the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on patient populations, how the healthcare industry has intensified activity to fight the virus, and how connected devices that facilitate self-injection and remote monitoring are coming into their own.

Senzer to Create Targeted Inhaled Antivirals for COVID-19

Senzer Pharmaceuticals has launched a Critical Care Division, which will utilise its expertise in respiratory pharmaceuticals to create targeted antiviral treatments for covid-19.

Covis Pharma’s Alvesco (ciclesonide) Inhaler Enters Phase III COVID-19 Trials

Covis Pharma's inhaled glucocorticoid, Alvesco (ciclesonide), has entered a US multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III safety and efficacy trial in 400 non-hospitalised patients 12 years of age and older with symptomatic covid-19. The product is delivered twice daily via a pMDI.

Stabilitech Recognised by WHO, seeks £6m funding to make oral SARS-COV-2 vaccine available by end of 2020

Stabilitech Biopharma, which is developing OraPro-COVID-19, an oral coronavirus vaccine, has been formally recognised on the international stage by the WHO as a vaccine developer, and seeks £6 million to fund clinical trials and manufacturing required to make the vaccine available by the end of 2020.

RedHill’s US IND Approved for Opaganib SARS-COV-2 trial; positive results from Israeli trial

RedHill Biopharma has received US FDA of its IND for a Phase IIa clinical trial of opaganib (Yeliva^®, ABC294640) in 40 hospitalised SARS-COV-2 patients, and has reported positive preliminary results from a trial of the product in six patients in Israel.

BAVARIAN NORDIC ENTERS AGREEMENT WITH ADAPTVAC TO ADVANCE COVID-19 VACCINE

Bavarian Nordic has entered into an exclusive head of terms agreement to license AdaptVac’s proprietary capsid virus like particle (VLP)-based SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine technology, to help a European consortium, PREVENT-nCoV, move towards clinical proof of concept. Bavarian Nordic takes responsibility for clinical development and global commercialisation of the vaccine.

KEY NOSE CELLS IDENTIFIED AS LIKELY COVID-19 VIRUS ENTRY POINTS

Researchers from the Human Cell Atlas Lung Biological Network, have identified two specific cell types in the nose as likely initial infection points for COVID-19 coronavirus, and cells in the eye and some other organs that also contain the viral-entry proteins. They also predict how a key entry protein is regulated with other immune system genes and reveals potential targets for the development of treatments to reduce transmission.

ARTES USING METAVAX^® AND SplitCore VLP PLATFORM FOR SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

ARTES Biotechnology has begun development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates based on its virus-like particle (VLP)-based platform technologies METAVAX^® and SplitCore.

MedPharm Develops Model to Support Coronavirus Pharmaceutical Development

A new testing model from MedPharm supports pharmaceutical development programmes targeting coronavirus treatments, meaning companies can assess the therapeutic effectiveness of their anti-COVID-19 candidate compounds in nasal, airway (bronchial), and deep lung (alveolar) epithelia against members of the Coronaviridae family.

Squalene-based nanoparticles for the treatment of uncontrolled inflammatory processes

Nanoparticles developed by researchers from Galien Institute at Paris-Saclay University and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, made by conjugating squalene to adenosine and then encapsulating α-tocopherol, a natural antioxidant, have shown potential against the uncontrolled inflammatory processes associated with severe SARS-COV-2 infection.

Chitosan nanoparticles suitable for aerosol treatment of Covid-19 patients

Bioavanta-Bosti has developed of a 48-hour manufacturing process, using its Novochizol chitosan polysaccharide nanotechnology to encapsulate APIs – small molecules or biologics – for localised delivery and sustained release, to generate intra-pulmonary drug delivery formulations suitable for treating COVID-19 patients.

NanoPass Sharing Microneedle Device with Pharma Partners for COVID-19 Vaccine

NanoPass is sharing its proprietary MicronJet microneedle device with vaccine and immunotherapy companies to help in the efforts to develop a safe, effective and affordable vaccine against SARS-COV-2, novel coronavirus.

Pulmonary Delivery Could Make Niclosamide Effective Against COVID-19

A novel inhaled formulation of the approved antihelminthic drug, niclosamide, is under development at the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin for COVID-19. The compound was recently confirmed to exhibit antiviral efficacy in SARS-COV-2 infected cells and indeed was more potent compared with chloroquine, lopinavir and remdesivir, the group said.

New Sensor Solution for Ventilators

Sensirion has launched a new flow sensor, SFM301, which has specifically been developed to be scaleable, and integrated easily into respiratory devices such as ventilators for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The sensor is based on the company's CMOSens® technology, and can measure oxygen, and air.

Inhaled and nasal Covid-19 vaccine progress

Specialist respiratory drug product news publication OINDP News, has reported progress from several intranasal and inhaled COVID-19 vaccine development programmes, including from Altimmune, APEPTICO, a partnership between Neurimmune and Ethris, and a partnership between UW–Madison, FluGen and Bharat Biotech.

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Combating Coronavirus: Cyclodextrins in Treatment & Prevention

Roquette has identified its KLEPTOSE® hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrins (HPβCD) as potentially effective to help the joint efforts of the scientific and pharmaceutical communities working on treating and preventing new emerging viruses such as the coronavirus. HPβCD can effectively act as a safe, enabling excipient for solubility enhancement of antiviral drugs, stability improvement of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, and as a vaccine adjuvant.

MedinCell investigating role of long-acting antivirals to break chain of SARS-COV-2 viral transmission

With evidence indicating that the established antiparasitic ivermectin can kill coronavirus in a laboratory setting in under 48 hours, MedinCell has published data showing that long-acting formulations of ivermectin can be designed with varying doses and durations with its BEPO® technology and is investigating whether a long-acting product could be effective in breaking the chain of viral transmission.

INHALER FOR DIRECT PULMONARY DELIVERY OF ANTI-IL-6 MAB IN COVID-19

Tiziana Life Sciences has developed a handheld inhaler that will allow the rapid delivery of TZLS-501, its drug to treat inflammation of the lung in COVID-19. The company believes TZLS-501 (anti-IL6R) combined with this newly introduced inhalation technology may rapidly inhibit inflammation in lungs and in combination with intravenous administration may deplete circulating levels of IL-6 and potentially halt progression of COVID-19-mediated lung damage and death.

DEVICE DESIGN CONSULTANCIES JOIN FORCES, STEP-UP TO THE COVID-19 VENTILATOR CHALLENGE

Leading device design consultancies Cambridge Consultants, PA Consulting, Sagentia, Team Consulting and TTP , with industrial assistance from MetLase, have joined forces to answer the UK government's call for the rapid development and manufacture of vital ventilators for patients suffering with severe symptoms of COVID-19.

Development of IMV’s DPX-COVID-19 Vaccine Progresses Apace

Canadian biotech company IMV has made impressively rapid, solid progress on the development of a vaccine candidate against the novel coronavirus, using its lipid-based vaccine delivery platform, DPX. New developments in just two weeks include, include: initiation of peptide candidate manufacturing, cGMP scale-up plans, preclinical models/assays; and Phase I clinical trial design completed, with discussions with Health Canada already underway also.

Aquavit Developing Microchannel Drug Delivery Device / Novel Compositions for Vaccine Against COVID-19

Aquavit Pharmaceuticals is applying its AQUAGOLD® microchannel drug delivery device in the development of a self-administered dermal vaccine against COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

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