Archive for the ‘Drug delivery’ Category
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
One billion, and counting. McDonald's? Try Clamason. This self-described "metal basher" from the West Midlands in the United Kingdom has stamped more than one billion metal parts for Sanofi's wildly successful SoloStar insulin pen. But, arguably even more amazing, is that it is now shipping metal parts to India for ...
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Friday, April 5th, 2013
Guest blog from Sue Reynard, Research Director, Creative Medical Research
What sets apart the Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) conference from other diabetes meetings is its focus on new technologies. The need to make continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data easier to understand and to develop less obtrusive sensor technology ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2013
Phillips-Medisize announced a 60,000-sq-ft expansion to their Kontiolahti, Finland, site. This site focuses on the production of complex drug delivery devices such as inhalers, injection pens and safety syringes. This state-of-the art facility manufactures products from multi component drug delivery devices in prototype form to finished drug delivery devices in a high-speed automated production ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Trypanophobics can rest a little easier today. The Financial Times reports that British scientists have successfully injected an experimental vaccine into mice using a needle-free syringe. "The test is the latest in a series of efforts by drug and medical device companies in recent years to find the holy grail ...
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Thursday, November 29th, 2012
From the wire: Rhenovia Pharma (Mulhouse, France) has filed two patent applications for RHEpatch, its electronic transdermal patch for people suffering from chronic diseases. Originally designed to deliver drugs to patients suffering from diseases of the nervous system, the RHEpatch has potential to impact the entire health sector, according to the ...
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Monday, September 24th, 2012
The brain is a difficult organ to treat with drugs. Doses need to be high enough to penetrate the tissue, but low enough to be safe. Bioengineers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have developed nanoparticles that can infiltrate the brain safely.
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Research at Cambridge University could lead to improvements in the manufacturing of microcapsules for drug delivery, according to an article from the Engineer. The researchers created microcapsules that are more susceptible to stimuli, and as a result, they had more control over the release of the drugs. With conventional methods, ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
From the wire: Increased levels of obesity and diabetes have caused a sharp rise in the prevalence of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in recent years and will contribute to the expansion of the drug-eluting balloon (DEB) market, according to a report from GlobalData.
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
A new silk-based microneedle system developed by Tufts University bioengineers could resolve some of the limitations of microneedle drug delivery, according to a university press release. The research was published online in Advanced Functional Materials last month in advance of publication. The microneedles are biodegradable and biocompatible. They can be ...
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
IVD Technology Editor-in-Chief Richard Park authored a comprehensive overview of the IVD industry, in which he concludes that the IVD market is resilient and will not be stalled by difficult economic conditions. "IVD manufacturers continue to develop and release faster, more accurate and more-effective diagnostic devices," he writes. ...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
A low-friction resin from DuPont (Le Grand Saconnex, Switzerland) has been specified by Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland) for moulding the dosage-dial sleeve of its UnoPen injection device. DuPont’s Delrin acetal resin is supplied with full regulatory compliance for use in healthcare applications, and the material's low-friction behaviour facilitates use of ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Isis Innovation Ltd, which facilitates technology transfers from the University of Oxford, has announced the availability of cavitation-based technologies that enhance real-time 3-D mapping, temperature detection and control during therapeutic ultrasound. Applications include cancer treatment and drug delivery.
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