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APPLICATION OF CFD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WEARABLE BOLUS INJECTOR
WEARABLES
Marcus Hall
APPLICATION OF CFD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WEARABLE BOLUS INJECTOR
Marcus Hall, Björn Ullbrand and Claus Schmidt Møller describe the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as the primary design and analysis tool in the development of a wearable bolus injector.
OXYCAPT MULTILAYER PLASTIC VIAL AND SYRINGE
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Shota Arakawa
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical
OXYCAPT MULTILAYER PLASTIC VIAL AND SYRINGE
Shota Arakawa and Tomohiro Suzuki, discuss the benefits of the OXYCAPT™ multilayer plastic vial and syringe for the rapidly growing field of biologics and regenerative medicines.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT LABEL MATERIAL FOR PREFILLED SYRINGES
EXPERT VIEW
Jos van Noort
CHOOSING THE RIGHT LABEL MATERIAL FOR PREFILLED SYRINGES
Jos van Noort outlines some of the key factors that must be taken into consideration when selecting a label for prefillable syringes.
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: ZwickRoell Parenteral Device Testing Platform
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Wolfgang Moersch
ZwickRoell
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: ZwickRoell Parenteral Device Testing Platform
ZwickRoell offers a wide variety of standardised test fixtures for parenteral devices including, described here: testing prefilled syringes to ISO 11040-4, -6 & -8; testing of Luer/Luer lock connections; serial, parallel and fully automatic syringe testing; and traceable, tamper-proof test results.
FINDING THE RIGHT PACKAGING FOR BIOLOGIC DRUGS
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Christian Helbig
SCHOTT Pharma
FINDING THE RIGHT PACKAGING FOR BIOLOGIC DRUGS
Christian Helbig introduces a new 2.25 mL version of SCHOTT’s syriQ BioPure® prefillable syringes designed specifically for the biologics market and, developed in partnership with WL Gore, the world’s first silicone-free glass syringe system.
THE TRUSTED TABLET: A NEW LEVEL OF SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY FROM MASS DIGITALISATION OF MEDICINES
CONNECTIVITY
Kelly Boyer
Colorcon
THE TRUSTED TABLET: A NEW LEVEL OF SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY FROM MASS DIGITALISATION OF MEDICINES
Kelly Boyer, Trent Lund and Barry McDough describe a means of mass digitalising medicines to address the problem of illegal and unauthorised production of pharmaceutical products in a meaningful way.
A FLEXIBLE, MODULAR PLATFORM TO DISRUPT THE BLOCKBUSTER MANUFACTURING MODEL
EARLY INSIGHT
Nick Rollings
A FLEXIBLE, MODULAR PLATFORM TO DISRUPT THE BLOCKBUSTER MANUFACTURING MODEL
Nick Rollings, Colin Barker and Richard Vellacott discuss the drug delivery scenario in the advanced therapy (AT) era, examining how the current slow-moving blockbuster treatment model is making way for a fast-moving, patient-focused era of personalised medicine
MANUFACTURING DPIS: CASE STUDY OF IMA ADAPTA<sup>®</sup> WITH BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM SPIRIVA<sup>®</sup>
INDUSTRIALISATION
Rainer Bauer
IMA Group
MANUFACTURING DPIS: CASE STUDY OF IMA ADAPTA® WITH BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM SPIRIVA®
Pietro Piera  and Rainer Bauer investigate the optimal process parameters for low-dose dry powder inhalers achieved by dosator technology, presenting a case study in which IMA’s capsule filler, Adapta®, is used to fill Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva® (tiotropium) dry powder inhaler.
HOW TO GAIN A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF POWDER FLOW PROPERTIES, AND THE BENEFITS OF DOING SO
RESPIRATORY
Dr Geoffroy Lumay
Granutools
HOW TO GAIN A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF POWDER FLOW PROPERTIES, AND THE BENEFITS OF DOING SO
Geoffroy Lumay, Naveen Mani Tripathi and Filip Francqui show how the association of three recently developed flow measurement techniques can be used to gain valuable insights into powder properties and characteristics.
LED-GENERATED UV FOR ADHESIVE CURING IN MEDICAL DEVICES
PREFILLED SYRINGES
Roland Lindner
sortimat
LED-GENERATED UV FOR ADHESIVE CURING IN MEDICAL DEVICES
Roland Lindner, Matthias Schulze and Bill Jaworski discuss how the needs around adhesive use in the manufacture of medical devices such as glass syringes have evolved and how ATS sortimat has developed a new process to meet industry demands.
F2V: A STERILE, CUSTOMISABLE LIQUID FILL-FINISH PLATFORM FOR THE TOTAL LIFECYCLE
INDUSTRIALISATION
Simon Strothers
3P Innovation
F2V: A STERILE, CUSTOMISABLE LIQUID FILL-FINISH PLATFORM FOR THE TOTAL LIFECYCLE
Simon Strothers presents an integrated fill-finish platform, F2V, designed to represent a commercial filling system as a bench-top solution. The article also includes a recent case study where the F2V was used by Consort Medical to help develop and industrialise a flagship delivery device. 
Z.BLIZZARD AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR PFS: IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PATIENTS
INDUSTRIALISATION
Berthold Schopferer
Z.BLIZZARD AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR PFS: IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PATIENTS
With the ultimate objective of improving patients’ lives, Berthold Schopferer provides an overview of the company’s customer-specific automated manufacturing and assembly equipment offering for prefillable polymer syringes.
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: ZwickRoell Parenteral Device Testing Platform
INDUSTRIALISATION
Wolfgang Moersch
ZwickRoell
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: ZwickRoell Parenteral Device Testing Platform
ZwickRoell provides an overview of its parenteral device testing platform including roboTest, and associated software testXpert III and autoEdition3.
SHARING IS CARING: POLYMER SUPPLIERS AS MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
EXPERT VIEW
Manuel Scherer
SHARING IS CARING: POLYMER SUPPLIERS AS MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
Manuel Scherer looks at whether the advent of wearable injectors calls for a more collaborative approach between polymer suppliers and medical device developers.
PRIMARY PACKAGING FOR WEARABLE INJECTION DEVICES
EXPERT VIEW
Dominique Bauert
PRIMARY PACKAGING FOR WEARABLE INJECTION DEVICES
Dominique Bauert and Anil Kumar Busimi provide an overview of existing wearable injector solutions and new requirements, with a focus on the role of the primary packaging inside the devices.
SCALABLE ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS – FULLY INTEGRATED, TRULY GLOBAL
WEARABLES
Rolf Rihs
Mikron Automation
SCALABLE ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS – FULLY INTEGRATED, TRULY GLOBAL
Rolf Rihs and Jean-François Bauer look at how Mikron has specialised in flexible, modular assembly solutions that are easy to evolve during the different stages of a product lifecycle: from development through to fully automated, maximum-performance production.
MITIGATING RISK TO DELIVER SUCCESS IN HIGH-VOLUME WEARABLE DEVICES
WEARABLES
Catherine Thacker
MITIGATING RISK TO DELIVER SUCCESS IN HIGH-VOLUME WEARABLE DEVICES
Catherine Thacker and Bill Jaworski discuss risk reduction solutions in the manufacturing architecture for wearable injectors, including an example where autonomous intelligent vehicles and ATS‘s real-time industrial IoT manufacturing intelligence system, Illuminate®, were employed.
PERSONALISING DRUG PRODUCTS USING 3D PRINTING
EARLY INSIGHT
Sarah Trenfield
FabRx
PERSONALISING DRUG PRODUCTS USING 3D PRINTING
Sarah Trenfield and Abdul Basit look at the potential applications of 3D-printing technology to create personalised drug therapies in fields such as multiple drug therapy and paediatric/geriatric care and introduce FabRx’s 3D-printing system, which can produce formulations to suit a variety of situations.
EXPANDING AUTOMATION CAPACITY FOR HIGH AND LOW VOLUMES
INDUSTRIALISATION
Gilbert Fluetsch
SHL Medical
EXPANDING AUTOMATION CAPACITY FOR HIGH AND LOW VOLUMES
Gilbert Fluetsch and Lucy Chung look at how automation and assembly services can best evolve and adapt to industry standards and market demands, whilst delivering consistently at high quality and in a timely manner.
Z.BLIZZARD AUTOMATION SYSTEM – IT DOESN’T GET MORE TAILOR-MADE THAN THIS
INDUSTRIALISATION
Berthold Schopferer
Z.BLIZZARD AUTOMATION SYSTEM – IT DOESN’T GET MORE TAILOR-MADE THAN THIS
Berthold Schopferer explains how the Zahoransky’s integrated syringe manufacturing and assembly equipment allows maximum customisation and full customer involvement.
3D PRINTING DRUGS: LEARNING FROM THE PIONEERS
EXPERT VIEW
Jamie Clayton
3D PRINTING DRUGS: LEARNING FROM THE PIONEERS
Jamie Clayton reviews the potential of 3D printing as a pharmaceutical production method and looks at the associated implications for formulation development, focusing on powder-based printing. He examines what leading experts now understand about how to specify powder feeds for 3D printing.
COMPACTION SIMULATION / INDUSTRIAL PRESS CORRELATION: TWO CASE STUDIES
EXPERT VIEW
Dr Aline Moulin
COMPACTION SIMULATION / INDUSTRIAL PRESS CORRELATION: TWO CASE STUDIES
Aline Moulin and Lucile Kowalski examine two case studies comparing compaction simulation with industrial compression.
INDUSTRIALISATION OF INHALATION PRODUCTS: OVERCOMING HURDLES AT COMMERCIAL SCALE
EXPERT VIEW
Robin Heath
INDUSTRIALISATION OF INHALATION PRODUCTS: OVERCOMING HURDLES AT COMMERCIAL SCALE
Robin Heath discusses the typical challenges in scaling-up drug products from small-scale production to commercial manufacturing – and how these can be overcome.
Bob Tilling, Kallik
INTERVIEW
Bob Tilling
Bob Tilling, Kallik
In this interview, Bob Tilling, Business Development Manager at Kallik, shares his insights on best practice for factory labelling.
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