is being presented by Dr. Nahed Mohsen, Biomedical Engineering Consultant and airs on Thursday, March 1st, 2012. For more details, or to register please visit our site at www.fxconferences.com
Inhalation drug products are delivered via the lungs by aerosol delivery devices, and are used to deliver therapies to treat local and systemic diseases. The advantages of these products are ease of use and the small doses required to achieve the desired treatment. However, the required dose and efficacy of delivery is highly dependent on various developmental design factors which may not be readily apparent. These include drug formulation, aerosol delivery system, interaction between the formulation and the delivery system, packaging of formulation and delivery system as well as human maneuvering with the delivery system – known as hand-lung coordination. Although an inhalation drug product may be comprised of an approved drug and an approved device, new scientific and technical issues may emerge when the drug and device are combined, packaged or used together.
In this audio conference presentation, our speaker draws upon a case study involving a dry powder drug product to address the scientific and technical challenges raised by inhalation drug product packaging, including selection of the component of the primary packaging and how it affects product performance, safety, effectiveness, and quality of the combination product.
