Reducing Injection Steps

BD is expanding its autoinjector offerings to give patients and combination product manufacturers more options for patient convenience and cost savings. The company’s Physioject autoinjector has been a popular choice for nearly two decades—BD reports that it has sold 50 million Physioject autoinjectors since 2010. To further ease self-injection, BD has developed Intevia, a platform device that combines an autoinjector and a prefillable syringe in one integrated system. The system is also designed for use with a range of viscosities without additional customization. The system is designed to effectively and safely inject a variety of drugs of different viscosities up to 35 centapoise and different fill volumes up to 1mL. “We worked on the form factor and broadened the range of drug viscosities,” Lionel Maritan, BD’s associate director for R&D, told MD+DI in describing Intevia. “Our goal is to offer a more flexible platform.” The design of BD Intevia 1 mL enables the pharmaceutical industry to adopt it for a variety of drugs without customizing the system components, he added. Intevia will be launched October 22 at the PDA’s 2019 Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. The main difference between Physioject and Intevia is the reduction in the number of steps use...
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