INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY ARTICLES
Combination: The Drug Delivery Word Of The Year For 2026
In this article, Chief Editor Tom von Gunden explains why he sees 2026 as the year combination products and therapies become fully central to drug and biologics product development, delivery, and regulatory. He points to personalized medicine and patient self-administration as key factors shaping his view of the drug delivery landscape.
INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY VIDEOS
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.
In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Next-Gen Drug Delivery: Rethinking Routes For New Therapies, Carolyn Dorgan, director of technical services at device design consultancy Suttons Creek, lays out the phases and key activities in the development of a combination product or combination therapy. She underscores the importance of integrated development when merging medicinal product development with delivery device development.
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.
Intranasal drug delivery offers a promising route for administering medications, but advancing to market can be a difficult journey. Learn about common development pitfalls and how to mitigate risk.
INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY RESOURCES
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![GettyImages-995087800-lab]( "Drug Formulation Development: Quick Reference Guide")
This guide shares the steps involved in formulation development, considerations during formulation, and how partnering with an experienced CDMO can lead to a successful commercial product.
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![GettyImages-1279969622-self-injector-injection]( "Streamlining The Path To Market For Generic Drug-Device Combinations")
Developing g-DDCPs is a complex and time-consuming process. By using a risk-based approach, manufacturers can streamline the development process and bring g-DDCPs to market more quickly.
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![GettyImages-1346675635-lab-tablet-research-team]( "Simultaneous Spray Drying For Innovative Dry Powder Inhaler Combination Formulations")
Dr. Kimberly Shepard, a principal R&D engineer at Lonza, offered insights on recent innovations pioneered in spray drying. Shepard also discussed spray drying technologies capable of combining small-molecule APIs with biotherapeutic molecules.
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![GettyImages-1206035004-spectroscopy-lab]( "Application Of Nano-Emulsion Technology To Address Unmet Medical Needs: A Case Study Of Clopidogrel IV By 505(b)(2) Pathway")
Review a process where the insoluble and unstable free-base form of clopidogrel is converted to a form with acceptable drug loading and is protected from chemical degradation.
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![GettyImages-1182324431-Powder_Inhaler]( "Spray Drying To Enable New Inhaled Drug Products")
The formulation and spray drying process can help manufacture a stable, highly respirable powder and deliver products that require a high drug load, a biologic, or rapid onset therapeutic.
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![GettyImages-528041162-lab-testing]( "Simultaneous Spray Drying For Large/Small Mol Combinations")
Gain insights into a “simul-spray” process pioneering for combining small and large molecules into a single, atomized drug product for inhalation administration.
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![combination]( "Combination Products: Market Trends And Regulatory Considerations")
Combination products provide significant avenues for increasing patient adherence and overall efficacy. This collection outlines the opportunity and identifies strategies for gaining regulatory approval.
INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY SOLUTIONS
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![ulab thumb]( "Battelle uLAB")
This comprehensive suite of services encompasses the entire spectrum of user research, starting from the conceptualization of study designs to meticulous data analysis and comprehensive reporting.
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![GettyImages-871317164-inhalation-inhaler]( "Designed For Inhalation: Pulmonary And Nasal Delivery")
Our newly expanded in-house capabilities span clinical and commercial scale manufacturing for DPIs, unit-dose, bi-dose and preserved multi-dose nasal sprays.
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![iStock-474771466-inhaler-inhale]( "Inhaled Product Development")
Our integrated capabilities and vast knowledge encompasses pre-formulation sciences, formulation development, device evaluation, clinical trial manufacturing and the clinical assessment of a variety of inhaled formats for nasal and pulmonary delivery.
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![OFM]( "Pharmaceutical Filling System For Non-Injectable Products: Ophthalmic, Nasal Sprays, Syrups: OFM")
OFM automatic filling and closing machines are designed for pharmaceutical formulations, such as syrups, ophthalmic products, and nasal sprays either in glass or plastic containers.
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![GettyImages-1354171846-lab-research-development]( "End-To-End Drug Development, Analytical Testing, & Fill/Finish")
August Bioservices is a US-based, quality-driven CDMO that offers end-to-end drug development, analytical testing, and fill/finish manufacturing services to clients of all sizes and stages, from pre-clinical to commercial.
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![GettyImages-1600719545 lab]( "Innovative Formulations And Higher Drug Loads Across The Life-Cycle")
Advanced particle engineering enhances the performance and life-cycle of therapeutics. Superior bioavailability, higher drug load, and improved stability are enabled for small and large molecules.
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![iStock-493302504-scientist-lab-development]( "Pre-Formulation And Material Sciences")
Our formulation development and material sciences experts have over 30 years’ experience in pre-formulation and solid state characterization.
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![Working on testing machine]( "Organ On A Chip: Advancing New Approach Methodologies")
Explore new approach methodologies, integrating in vitro and computational models to improve toxicology testing, and drug development, enhancing accuracy, efficiency, and human relevance.
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![GettyImages-884796056-solubility-test-pill]( "Pharmaceutical Development")
Developing an optimized formulation tailored to your API nanoparticles is critical to unlocking their full potential.
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![Syringes-injectables=tablets-GettyImages-1353657651]( "Combination Products")
Kymanox provides turnkey services to bring your product from concept to commercialization — and helps keep your product on the market. Kymanox has expertise in injectables (e.g., syringes, mechanical and electromechanical autoinjectors, wearable injectors, dual chamber systems, reconstitution systems), respiratory combination products (e.g., metered dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers, nasal sprays), and in ocular products (e.g., multi-dose containers, single-use injectables).
