Archive for the ‘Drug delivery’ Category
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Some novel drug-delivery technologies were presented to conference attendees at last week’s BIOMEDevice Europe event in Paris. Two, in particular, got my attention: the use of radiofrequency (RF) ablation to push drugs through the skin and a breath-activated intranasal delivery device.
Biotech drugs will account for more than US$50 billion in ...
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
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The state of the market for self-injection devices is healthy and growing at a steady clip, noted Joel Cotten, European Product Manager/Marketing, BD Medical - Pharmaceutical Systems during the BIOMEDevice Europe ...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Here is a gilded cage worth checking into. A tiny golden holding cell covered with a "smart" polymer that responds to light—opening to empty its contents when exposed to light and resealing when the light is turned off—has been developed in Younan Xia's laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis, ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
There is growing market potential for the integration of electronic functionality into devices that will improve patient outcomes, says a report issued by Cambridge Consultants.
The report, “2020: A New Drug Delivery Landscape,” provides a summary of the proceedings of two workshops that were hosted by Cambridge Consultants and attended by ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
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The German Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, Dr Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, on Friday toured Vetter Pharma International GmbH's main facility in Ravensburg, Germany. During his visit he learned ...
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Intravenous (IV) therapy is often preferred over the oral route for administering drugs/fluids, explains IV Select’s Chairman, Edric Ackland-Snow. The two main reasons for this are speed of entry into the arterial system and because the drug does not go through the digestive system and have to be metabolised by ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
“The synergies created between pharmaceutical and medical device companies will be a key driver of the insulin pens market in Europe,” notes Kieu Vuong, Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “Another significant factor spurring growth is that insulin pens are more compatible with the fast paced modern environment.” The convenience ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
So-called microswimmers developed by researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom may one day precisely deliver cancer drugs and other forms of medication to diseased tissue via blood vessels. A report titled Magnetically Actuated Colloidal Microswimmers that describes the development of these tiny, magnetically controlled particles has been published in ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
The convergence of drugs and devices takes another step forward with the iPill from Philips.
The iPill is a small capsule that contains a microprocessor, a battery, wireless radio, a pump and a drug reservoir to release medication in a specific area in the digestive tract.
It measures acidity with a sensor ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Although it might be hard to believe as you try to muscle your way through the teeming masses at the messe, the entire global med-tech industry will not have converged on Düsseldorf next week to attend Medica and Compamed. At least some industry insiders will have headed south for the ...
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
The global stock markets took another beating on Friday, 24 October, but those active in the medical device industry still may have reason to be optimistic. The Millennium Research Group recently released its latest editions of its Industry Quarterly publications, which focused on recent trends in the cardiovascular, endoscopy, orthopedics, ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
On offer is an opportunity to learn about the many exciting new and highly functionalised materials that have found their way into medical devices and drug delivery, and most importantly, to explore new potential applications for them.
The Smart Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Surfaces Workshop is organised by the Institute of Nanotechnology ...
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