International Pharmaceutical Industry (IPI) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries with in-depth coverage of major scientific, technological, regulatory, and business topics. The publication reaches a worldwide audience of professionals involved in outsourcing management for this sector.
The shift toward subcutaneous injection as a route of administration for drug delivery reflects overlapping trends in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. New advances in biologic drugs have the potential to greatly improve treatments for many conditions, but effective subcutaneous delivery also requires properly designed delivery devices.
There is a pressing need for new drug delivery devices that can handle higher-viscosity and higher-volume formulations, both of which are typical for next-generation biologics and biosimilars.