Winning Competition Entry Could Improve Documentation Process for Administering Drugs

Vetter, a global contract development and manufacturing organization based in Ravensburg, Germany, has announced the winner of its first Open Innovation Challenge — Injection 2.0. The competition, which kicked off in June, brought together four different teams to submit ideas on how digital trends can be used to develop innovative and sustainable solutions for new drug injection therapies. Claudia Roth, vice president of innovation management at Vetter, said the competition was designed to help the company explore new pathways to further the development of the injection process. She also said it has already proven to be a success. “The winning proposal is a novel idea that has the potential to improve the documentation process as it pertains to the administration process of drugs for healthcare professionals,” Roth said. “This new idea helps to make the process step easier, faster, and safer for patients. Following an engaged and intensive jury meeting, the winning idea was selected as the one judged to be the best in regards to both content and comprehensive presentation.” The competition was arranged in a multidisciplinary fashion that included both students and professionals from the fields of medicine and economic sciences. Vetter also included staff members on each team to help design the initial idea concepts and prototypes before entering the de...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Contract Manufacturing Digital Health Source Type: news