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2026 healthcare, insurance, wellness, medical concepts-GettyImages-2235662603 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.

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Developing new delivery routes is essential for creating more effective treatments. Nanoforming enables new routes to simplify dosing, enhance patient comfort, and reduce healthcare costs.

In this segment of the Drug Delivery Leader Live online event, Innovations In Drug Delivery: Opportunities For Enhancing Familiar, Mature Approaches, Carolyn Dorgan, director of technical services at device design consultancy Suttons Creek, and James Wabby, head of global regulatory affairs for emerging device technologies and combination products at AbbVie, trace the evolution of drug delivery technologies over the last 100 or so years. The timeline illustrates the trajectory from the earliest prefilled syringes to the nanotechnologies and other advances of today.

In what ways are Essential Drug Delivery Outputs (EDDOs) different from design inputs for combination products? 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 difference.

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.

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