Transdermal Drug Delivery Videos

1. Understanding the Difference Between EDDOs and Primary Functions 10/9/2024

   How do Essential Drug Delivery Outputs (EDDOs) differ from Primary Functions – for example, as described in ISO 11608 regarding needle-based injection systems? In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live event The FDA Guidance on EDDO: What to Know, What to Do, Alan Stevens,  regulatory head of complex devices and drug delivery systems at AbbVie and formerly at FDA, describes the differences between the two concepts, including how they differently relate to considerations of risk.

2. Charting The Waters Of Drug Delivery Innovation With Suttons Creek 7/11/2025

   In this episode of In Combination, the technical leadership team from device consultancy Suttons Creek joins host Tom von Gunden to discuss trends in the patient landscape driving innovation in drug delivery, including combination products and therapies. The conversation covers patient self-administration, emerging modalities, and key considerations in product development, regulatory pathways, and the supply chain.

3. Deploying Viruses To Counter Antibiotics Resistance With Paldara's William Colton 11/26/2025

   An increasingly common obstacle to treating patients with infections is resistance to antibiotics. In this episode of Sit and Deliver, CEO William Colton of biologics platform delivery developer Paldara Pharmaceuticals talks with videocast host Tom von Gunden about infection-combatting alternatives using hydrogel-based systems to deliver bacteriophage viral therapeutics directly to infection sites.

4. The Landscape For Advanced Therapies And Combination Products 10/8/2025

   In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Next-Gen Drug Delivery: Rethinking Routes For New Therapies, James Wabby, head of global regulatory affairs for emerging device technologies and combination products at AbbVie, traces key conditions driving and impacting the development of advanced therapies and combination products. These include the demand for precision medicines, the complexity of regulatory frameworks, and pressures on healthcare systems. 

5. How To Identify And Differentiate Combination Products 11/18/2024

   In this episode of The Combination Products Handbook: The Series, host Tom von Gunden discusses Chapter 2 of The Combination Products Handbook: A Practical Guide for Combination Products and Other Combined Use Systems (CRC Press) with the book’s editor and Chapter 2 author, Susan Neadle. Considering both product development and the global regulatory landscape, the discussion focuses on answers to the question posed by the chapter title, “What Is a Combination Product?”

6. Defining and Regulating Combination Products: An Evolutionary Journey 10/15/2024

   In this episode of The Combination Products Handbook: The Series, host Tom von Gunden discusses Chapter 1 of The Combination Products Handbook: A Practical Guide for Combination Products and Other Combined Use Systems (CRC Press, 2023) with the book’s editor, Susan Neadle. Given that the initial chapter was penned by the FDA’s John “Barr” Weiner, the discussion focuses on reasons for establishing the historical and regulatory context for combination products early in the handbook’s topic coverage.

7. The Steps In Identifying An EDDO 4/23/2025

   What constitutes an EDDO (Essential Drug Delivery Output)? In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live event EDDOs Revisited: Putting Essential Drug Delivery Outputs Into Practice, consultant Susan Neadle of Combination Products Consulting Services, LLC illustrates how to identify system-level drug delivery outputs that are device-dependent and, therefore, essential. 

8. Drug Delivery Market Success: Lessons From A Discontinued Product 5/23/2025

   In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Innovations In Drug Delivery: Opportunities For Enhancing Familiar, Mature Approaches, host Fran DeGrazio and James Wabby, head of global regulatory affairs for emerging device technologies and combination products at AbbVie, ponder the discontinuation of Repatha® Pushtronex®. They comment on how its withdrawal may illustrate key market drivers and factors that bolster a product’s success or, alternatively, lead to its demise.

9. Protecting And Sustaining Biologics Via Microencapsulated Delivery With Likarda's Stella Vnook 9/30/2025

   A common challenge in administering cell therapies and other biologics-based treatments is sustaining delivery and bioavailability while protecting against degradation and off-target toxicities. In this episode of Supplier Horizons, host Tom von Gunden discusses with CEO Stella Vnook from platform technology developer Likarda methods for deploying hydrogel microencapsulation to safely route cells, proteins, and other biologic agents to therapeutic targets. These include long-acting formulations in oncology, immunology, and other chronic or rare diseases. 

10. Management Responsibility and the New QMSR 7/11/2024

    What is management’s responsibility in the implementation of approaches to the new QMSR? In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live event New FDA QMSR: Its Role in Part 4 Compliance for Combination Products, consultant Laurie Auerbach of Compliance Prodigies underscores the criticality of management commitment to and engagement in the process.