Drug Delivery Devices 2010

List of Speakers

 
Click on the speakers name to obtain an abstract of the presentation and the speakers biography
 
 
Integrated Development of a Disposable Autoinjector to Serve Patient Suffering from Chronic Disease
  • Market needs
  • Concept choice / market studies
  • Development of BD Physioject, disposable autoinjector
  • Clinical trials and market studies

- performance

- safety

- acceptance
  • Industrial launch
Joel Cotten, BD Medical, Le Pont De Claix, France
 
Delivery of High Drug Doses to and Via the Respiratory Tract with Dry Powder Inhalers
  • Pumonary administration of antibiotics in CF therapy
  • High dose inhaled antibiotics for the treatment of tuberculosis
  • Inhalable dry powder insulin; does it have a future?
  • The effect of particle engineering on dispersion of high powder doses
Anne Haaije de Boer, University of Groningen, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Groningen, The Netherlands
 
Future Patient Requirements on Inhalation Devices - the Balance Between Patient, Commercial, Regulatory and Technical Requirements
  • Setting up requirements for an inhalation device for the future is full of challenges
  • Managing conflicting patient requirements
  • Balancing cost against function and features
  • Payers and regulators pull in opposite directions
Orest Lastow, AstraZeneca R&D Lund, Lund, Sweden
 
From Conception to Completion: Delivering Drugs of the Future
  • Contract manufacturing V'S in-house manufacturing - a changing landscape?
  • Lean manufacturing approach
  • Regulatory landscape
  • Future trends?
Dana Shears, Presspart Manufacturing Ltd., Blackburn, United Kingdom
 
Advanced Wound Care Experiences are Now Beneficial to Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
  • Plaster as drug delivery system (DDS)
  • Know how transfer from advanced wound care to DDS
  • Breathable TPU-film, adhesive + special aliphatic thermoplastic PU foam (container-system)
Gerd Büschel, Epurex Films GmbH & Co. KG, Bomlitz, Germany
 
Technologies for the Release of Active Molecules from Solid Surfaces and Plastic Devices
  • Challenges of release from solid surfaces
  • Hydrogel coatings on surfaces
  • Chemical surface modification of metal for implant devices
  • Encapsulation of additives for plastic devices
  • Creation of interpenetrating polymer networks in silicone
Anna V. Svensson, Danish Technological Institute, Center for Plastic Technology, Taastrup, Denmark