Prefilled Syringes

To expand the limits of transdermal drug delivery, developers are employing  electrical current to affect active transport through the skin. This technique can increase the upper molecular size limit dramatically, opening up a host of opportunities for transdermal delivery. Iontophoresis products are ........more

Pen Injectors

User-friendly designs and the availability of an increasing number of drugs in pre-filled disposable cartridges and syringes are propelling the growth of injector pens at the expense of other drug delivery methods such as traditional syringes. Advances in synthetic materials and concurrent ......more

Autoinjectors

For drugs developed for self-administration, autoinjectors have been shown to provide a more user-friendly outer package and improved compliance. While autoinjectors are sometimes designed to work with a particular injectable product as a form of pharmaceutical branding, the typical autoinjector is designed to fit one or more.......more

Point-of-Delivery Drug Reconstitution Systems

..formulated as powders (lyophilization). Lyophilized proteins must be reconstituted prior to injection. Lyophilized drugs are sold with reconstitution vial systems, or packaged in special injection devices (e.g., pens, needle-free injectors, two-part syringes) that allow reconstitution to take place in the device prior to injection. As biological ......more

Injectable Drug Delivery

Within the injectable segment, the sands are shifting as several factors converge to drive demand for delivery methods that increase safety, compliance and ease-of-use. While the economics of traditional disposable syringe devices remain compelling, a number of companies are combining synthetic materials .....more

Retractable Safety Syringes

New materials and innovative designs have led to improved safety syringe products and more competitive price points. Safety syringes will continue to grow at the expense of traditional syringes driven by regulatory initiatives to reduce cross-contamination of medical personnel via accidental needle-sticks.........more

Disposable Injection Devices

.a new generation of sophisticated, application-specific disposable injection devices designed to satisfy caregiver and patient preferences while addressing managed care initiatives and the limitations of new classes of therapeutic drugs These new devices will have a significant impact on the future of patient  .....more

Needle-free Injectors

Advances in drug formulation and needle-free injector (NFI) device design are creating new opportunities for injectable drug delivery. User-friendly injectors that can be prefilled or accept drug cartridges are attempting to address one of the major drawbacks of earlier NFI devices. Much of the interest in  .......more

Sustained Release Injectables

The ability to formulate injectable drugs to increase the duration of efficacy for a given dose and simultaneously reduce the dosing frequency addresses several important health care issues. Less frequent dosing is believed to improve patient safety, reduce the incidence of injection site complications and improve ....more

Prefillable Safety Syringes

..two trends are now converging with the commercialization of prefilled safety syringes – devices that merge the economics and ease-of-use of prefilled syringes and the user safety of needlestick avoidance provided by safety syringes.  This report....more