INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY ARTICLES
4 Opportunities For Advancing Drug Delivery
In this article, Fran DeGrazio identifies four prime opportunities for drug delivery developers to move the dial of innovation into 2026 and beyond. These avenues for advancement include diagnostics, patient tolerability, microdosing, and analytical methodologies.
INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY VIDEOS
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.
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.
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.
In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Innovations In Drug Delivery: Opportunities For Enhancing Familiar, Mature Approaches, host Fran DeGrazio asks panelists James Wabby of biopharmaceutical company AbbVie and Carolyn Dorgan and Courtney Evans of device consultancy Suttons Creek to comment on trends and advances they anticipate in the next phase of delivery development. Those include combination therapies, nanotechnology, reconstitution, and microfluidics.
INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY RESOURCES
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![iStock-1191189866-lung-inhalation-skeleton-respiratory]( "Expanding Opportunities For Inhaled Drug Delivery")
Review the challenges and intricacies of effectively delivering drugs to the lung and the advantages of using nanoparticles and gentle particle processing techniques to enable delivery of sensitive drugs.
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![GettyImages-1148337130 product pathway]( "Using 505(B)(2) To Streamline Approval Of Combination Products")
In recent years, the quantity of approvals for products and 505(b)(2) applications has risen, causing developers to map out their regulatory strategy as early as possible.
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![GettyImages-1219894348-lab-cleanroom-PPE]( "Driving Sustainability In Spray Drying Through Enabling Technologies")
By transitioning to alternative solvents or leveraging process aids, the challenges associated with the use of these chemicals can be addressed, helping create a sustainable, greener footprint.
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![iStock-146792998-capsule-powder-pill]( "Precision Powder-In-Capsule Micro-Dosing Accelerates Drug Development")
Precision powder microdosing makes it possible to quickly get formulations to the clinic, saving time, money, and use of limited APIs.
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![GettyImages-1266602356-Powder Inhaler Patient]( "Intranasal Drug Product Development—From Formulation To Scale-Up Manufacturing")
Explore the key advantages of intranasal drug delivery, including its potential to rapidly treat conditions like migraines and headaches, and deliver medications directly to the brain.
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![GettyImages-1294339670-lab-cleanroom-PPE-computer-team]( "Simultaneous Spray Drying For Combination Dry Powder Inhaler Formulations")
Three combination case studies are demonstrated, in which bevacizumab is paired with erlotinib, cisplatin, or paclitaxel in a dry powder inhaler formulation.
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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.
INHALATION DRUG DELIVERY SOLUTIONS
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![lung-health-GettyImages-1360866086]( "Fast-Tracking Healthier Tomorrows For Patients And Our Planet")
A focused look at how low‑GWP propellant technologies support sustainability goals while preserving inhaler performance, offering guidance for planning regulatory readiness, device compatibility, and long‑term respiratory portfolio strategy.
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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-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).
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![Nasal spray, allerfies, common cold-GettyImages-2147519597]( "Nasal Drug Delivery")
How integrated analytics, formulation, and manufacturing enable fast‑acting, noninvasive nasal therapies while helping teams align delivery needs, regulations, and performance goals.
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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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![Biological drug products]( "Blow/Fill/Seal Packaging Systems")
Weiler Engineering’s ASEP-TECH® Blow/Fill/Seal machines are ideal for processing temperature sensitive products such as biological and protein-based materials – providing a level of enhanced sterility assurance.
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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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![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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![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.
