About

Theresa Bankston, PhD, is Director, Combination Product Science & Technology at BD Medical – Pharmaceutical Systems. She has more than 15 years of combined experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Her areas of expertise include process chemistry and engineering development, analytical method development and drug-container integration science. Dr Bankston received her BS in Biochemistry from Florida State University (US) and her doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia (NH, US), and a Bachelors’ degree in Psychology from Boston College (MA, US).

Contributions

PREFILLED SYRINGES

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.