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Wearable Injectors176

Issue No #176 Sep 2025  September 12th, 2025


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DIVERGENT DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES IN THE WEARABLE INJECTOR SEGMENT
WEARABLES
Reto Jost
Ypsomed
DIVERGENT DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES IN THE WEARABLE INJECTOR SEGMENT
Reto Jost and Daniel Käser detail how Ypsomed is approaching wearable injector design with YpsoDose and achieving large-volume requirements, consistent dosing and low residual waste, going on to explain how the company’s design choices are integrated with patient-centric features to ensure adherence and comfort.
SYMBIOZE<sup>®</sup> – THE ELECTROMECHANICAL ON-BODY DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR LARGE-VOLUME IMMUNOTHERAPIES
WEARABLES
Corinne Malica
Nemera
SYMBIOZE® – THE ELECTROMECHANICAL ON-BODY DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR LARGE-VOLUME IMMUNOTHERAPIES
Corinne Malica and Cécile Gross discuss the challenges involved in developing a wearable device for on-body drug delivery of advanced biologics, with a focus on the immunotherapy sector, and the technical solutions that can overcome them, using Nemera’s Symbioze® as an example.
ON-BODY INJECTORS: A PROMISING SOLUTION TO THE UK’S SYSTEMIC ANTI-CANCER THERAPY CRISIS
WEARABLES
Omar Rahman
Enable Injections
ON-BODY INJECTORS: A PROMISING SOLUTION TO THE UK’S SYSTEMIC ANTI-CANCER THERAPY CRISIS
Omar Rahman, Catherine Loughran and Rachel Senior consider how on-body injectors, such as Enable’s enFuse, can help to reduce the administrative burden on the healthcare system as well as giving patients more autonomy and dignity in managing their disease.
REDEFINING PATIENT-CENTRIC DRUG DELIVERY: A CLOSER LOOK AT VERTIVA<sup>®</sup> ON-BODY DELIVERY SYSTEM
WEARABLES
Anna Allegro
Stevanato Group
REDEFINING PATIENT-CENTRIC DRUG DELIVERY: A CLOSER LOOK AT VERTIVA® ON-BODY DELIVERY SYSTEM
Anna Allegro explores current challenges in wearable injectors and how the next generation of on-body delivery systems, such as Stevanato’s Vertiva® platform, aims to close the gap between technical performance and true patient centricity.
ADVANCING CANCER CARE THROUGH ON-BODY SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS: THE ONCOLOGY COMMUNITY’S PERSPECTIVE
EXPERT VIEW
Dr Greg Moakes
ADVANCING CANCER CARE THROUGH ON-BODY SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS: THE ONCOLOGY COMMUNITY’S PERSPECTIVE
Dr Greg Moakes discusses the role that on-body delivery systems have to play in modernising the delivery of oncology drugs, digging into the survey results of over 200 attendees of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2025 Global Meeting as to their opinions on the place of this pivotal technology in oncological practice.
DEVICE DESIGN TO ADDRESS USABILITY AND MITIGATE USE-RELATED RISKS – A MEDICAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN FACTORS PERSPECTIVE
WEARABLES
Dr Sylvine Raverdy-Wilson
BD (Becton Dickinson & Company)
DEVICE DESIGN TO ADDRESS USABILITY AND MITIGATE USE-RELATED RISKS – A MEDICAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN FACTORS PERSPECTIVE
Dr Sylvine Raverdy-Wilson deep dives into the device constituent of drug-device combination product design and shares perspectives through the Use-Related Risk Analysis methodology with a focus on the BD Libertas™ Wearable Injector.
VISTA BY TXSPHERE: TRAVERSING THE LIMITATIONS OF SMALL-VOLUME BIOLOGICS
WEARABLES
Dr Chaoyoung Lee
TxSphere
VISTA BY TXSPHERE: TRAVERSING THE LIMITATIONS OF SMALL-VOLUME BIOLOGICS
Dr Chaoyoung Lee and Mike Stout unveil an innovative addition to TxSphere's wearable platform, Vista, designed to improve on efficiency goals, adapt to varied drug formulations and advance beyond the requirements of low-volume drug delivery.
INJECTING DRUGS DIRECTLY INTO THE BODY: HOW ON-BODY DELIVERY SYSTEMS ARE REVOLUTIONISING THERAPY
WEARABLES
Peter Schmidt
ZwickRoell
INJECTING DRUGS DIRECTLY INTO THE BODY: HOW ON-BODY DELIVERY SYSTEMS ARE REVOLUTIONISING THERAPY
Peter Schmidt discusses the advantages of on-body delivery systems and what makes them special, going on to consider the significant role that they are expected to play in the future of injection technology for the pharmaceutical and medical fields, as well as the role that comprehensive testing plays in bringing this technology to patients.
ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROMECHANICAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS VIA MODULAR INTEGRATION
WEARABLES
Nicholas Ciccarelli
Kymanox
ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROMECHANICAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS VIA MODULAR INTEGRATION
Nicholas Ciccarelli, Andrew King, Dr Marcus Herrmann and Dr Thomas Roschke, discuss the insights gained in the product development process from the recent collaboration between the two companies, with Kymanox managing the overall system integration and Johnson MedTech tackling the specific design of the drive system within the designated product specification.
SAFE AND SKIN-FRIENDLY MANUFACTURING OF MEDICAL WEARABLES WITH ULTRASONIC WELDING
EXPERT VIEW
Michael Boerner
SAFE AND SKIN-FRIENDLY MANUFACTURING OF MEDICAL WEARABLES WITH ULTRASONIC WELDING
Michael Boerner looks at the key factors for designing skin-friendly medical wearables and how to manufacture them safely, automatically and sustainably.
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