Transdermal Drug Delivery Videos

  1. Confirming EDDOs Based on "Device Dependence" 10/9/2024

    Among the characteristics of a device design feature that helps identify it as an Essential Drug Delivery Output (EDDO) is “device dependent.” In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live event The FDA Guidance on EDDO: What to Know, What to Do, consultant Susan Neadle of Combination Products Consulting Services, LLC explains the differences between the concepts of device-dependent versus device-independent and illustrates why only the former is applicable to an EDDO.

  2. Partnership And Clinical Trial Strategies For Digitally Connected Devices 5/23/2025

    In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Innovations In Drug Delivery: Opportunities For Enhancing Familiar, Mature Approaches, James Wabby, head of global regulatory affairs for emerging device technologies and combination products at AbbVie, and Carolyn Dorgan, director of technical services at device design consultancy Suttons Creek, discuss key product development considerations when bringing digital connectivity solutions to drug delivery devices. These aspects include product and health authority partnerships, clinical studies, and regulatory approvals.

  3. Considering Injection Options For High Dose Biologics 4/13/2026

    In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Large Molecule Biologics Delivery: Aligning Formulations, Doses, And Devices, Chief Editor Tom von Gunden directs to panelist Dominick DeGrazio an audience question about wearable devices versus autoinjectors for frequent dosing of biologics. DeGrazio describes key factors in the decision including dose volume, injection rate, and patient preference and compliance. 

  4. Effective Supplier Management In Drug Delivery Development With Suttons Creek 9/25/2025

    In this episode of In Combination, Albana Thorpe and Max Lerman from the technical director team at drug delivery product development consultancy Suttons Creek discuss with host Tom von Gunden, chief editor at Drug Delivery Leader, considerations around supplier relationships in product development for combination products and other delivery devices. Albana and Max share perspectives on quality management, documentation, usability testing, regulatory pathways, post-market design changes, and other aspects of supplier controls. 

  5. Developing Regulatory Strategies For Combination Products 12/16/2024

    In this episode of The Combination Products Handbook: The Series, host Tom von Gunden discusses Chapter 3 of The Combination Products Handbook: A Practical Guide for Combination Products and Other Combined Use Systems (CRC Press) with the book’s editor Susan Neadle. The conversation focuses on building into product development a regulatory strategy that incorporates key enablers of market success from early clinical studies, through the marketing application, to post-market changes.

  6. Patient Adoption Of On-Body Delivery Systems 5/23/2025

    In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Innovations In Drug Delivery: Opportunities For Enhancing Familiar, Mature Approaches, panelists Carolyn Dorgan and Courtney Evans from delivery device consultancy Suttons Creek talk with host Fran DeGrazio about factors creating challenges and opportunities in moving patients to on-body injectors (OBIs) and other wearable drug delivery systems.

  7. An EDDO Identification Tutorial For An On-Body Injector (OBI) 4/23/2025

    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, and Alan Stevens, regulatory head of complex devices and drug delivery systems at AbbVie, use a hypothetical case study for an on-body injector (OBI) to demonstrate a template for identifying EDDOs.

  8. 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. 

  9. Understanding The Change From EPR To EDDO 10/9/2024

    Why does the FDA’s new guidance on drug-led or biologic-led device design include a change in terminology from Essential Performance Requirements (EPRs) to Essential Drug Delivery Outputs (EDDOs)?  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, offers his perspective on how the change in terminology clarifies key concepts related to design controls.

  10. Surveying Analytical Tools For Combination Product Testing 6/10/2025

    In this episode of The Combination Products Handbook: The Series, host Tom von Gunden discusses Chapter 11 on analytical testing with the book’s editor, Susan Neadle, and chapter coauthor Jennifer Riter. Susan and Jennifer discuss various analytical methods for testing compatibility, performance, stability, and safety when combining drugs or biologics with delivery devices and device constituent parts.