As a new era of digital drug delivery is making headway, Dr Steven Wick, vice president, Product Development & Commercialisation, 3M Drug Delivery Systems, gives us his thoughts on this digital future.
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Across the drug delivery industry, there is currently a big movement toward digital enhancement of inhalation devices used by patients with asthma and COPD. With fewer step-change improvements in drug therapies, the pharmaceutical industry is now focusing its attention on drug delivery technologies as a means to improve compliance and therefore patient outcomes. The concept of digital health will allow us to properly equip patients to manage their condition and ultimately take control of their health.