PDA’s First Drug Delivery Innovation Award Winners at 2019 Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices Conference

One award winner includes a thinner needle to reduce injection pain, while a partnership resulted in a precise microliter dosing syringe.

Keren Sooke
PDA
Nov 4th, 2019
Hulio wins PDA award for device innovation.
Hulio wins PDA award for device innovation.
PDA/FujiFilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics, Co., Ltd

The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) announced the following awards at its 2019 Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden in late October:

  • FujiFilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics, Co., Ltd. won PDA’s new Drug Delivery Innovation Award.
  • Congruence Medical Solutions and Santen Pharmaceuticals have won PDA’s Partnership in Drug Delivery Innovation Award.

The Drug Delivery Awards were introduced in 2019 to recognize technical innovation advancing the field of bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Hulio

PDA reports that FujiFilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co., Ltd. was selected for the Drug Delivery Innovation Award for its Hulio™ non-citrate polymer syringe. Hulio is the biosimilar version of adalimumab and the new citrate-free formulation is housed in an innovative container (SOF polymer syringe) with a thinner needle to reduce injection pain. To avoid latex allergy complications, the needle cover is not made of natural rubber latex. This product also has higher breakage resistance and is lighter than glass syringes.

MDS

Congruence Medical Solutions and Santen Pharmaceuticals received the Partnership in Drug Delivery Innovation Award for their work on a microliter dosing syringe (MDS).

This MDS was conceived to provide an accurate, precise, microliter dose by incorporating a standard pre-fillable syringe. The innovation of this product is extending the range of currently available standard pre-fillable syringes to delivery of microliter doses.

Applications can include delivery of proteins, antibodies, viruses, cells, gene, immunotherapeutics in ophthalmology, oncology, neurology, dermatology, and organ delivery, among others.

Looking ahead

PDA will present these drug delivery awards annually at the Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices Conference. The 2020 event will be held Oct. 5-6 in Las Vegas. To learn more, visit pda.org/2020UPS.

 

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