Many still hold the outdated belief that China’s expertise lies solely in manufacturing, and the ability to copy other people’s innovations. On a recent trip to China, I saw how this couldn’t be more wrong. China is poised for success – it has all the pieces in place, the manpower…
Hardly a week goes by without the press or social media picking up on a story, often accompanied by dramatic video, of batteries overheating and even in some cases ‘exploding’ in a consumer product – raising serious concerns about product safety among both consumers and manufacturers. In reality, these incidents…
How fast is fast? I’ve always been told that when it comes to drug delivery devices, ‘fast’ development is usually measured in years rather than months – with additional years for industrialisation and transfer to manufacturing. In fact, there are drug delivery devices which have been in development for more…
For some innovation challenges, solutions already exist – it’s just that your industry doesn’t know about them yet. Dyson is the classic example – its iconic vacuum cleaner cyclonic separation technology was originally being used to separate particulates in sawmills. By identifying and linking a seemingly unrelated market opportunity with…
29 June 2018 – Technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has won a prestigious Red Dot Design Award for its Klarus drug delivery concept. The company was up against nearly 5,000 entries from 60 countries in the design concept category of the awards – one of the biggest and most…
27 June 2018 – A world first in corrosion monitoring has been created from a collaboration between technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) and gas detection specialist Ion Science. The new patented Hydrosteel 6500 all-temperature probe is the world’s first for multipoint hydrogen flux corrosion monitoring in extreme environments – providing…
I recently attended a talk on the topic of sensor miniaturisation. Specifically, it covered the challenges of directly integrating electronics into the constituent materials of everyday objects and structures. The aim of this research is to be able to extract data about chemical and mechanical properties of objects during their…
This month’s Manufacturing Medicines Industry Partnership (MMIP) conference – Propelling growth: taking the next step in innovative medicines manufacturing – took place at an exciting time for the pharma industry. Advanced therapies (ATs) – such as cell therapies in which patients are treated with living cells – have been under development for…
18 June 2018 – Swimmers across the globe have a new level of activity tracking at their fingertips following a collaboration between digital technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) and leading international swimwear brand Speedo. CDP has created a swim tracking algorithm for a new generation of…
Any company wants their customers to covet and love their products or services because this is the way to becoming the market leader. But for products used by healthcare professionals (HCPs) in a clinical setting, usability is traditionally associated with safety. With so many regulations to meet, delighting the user…
Almost 10 years ago, two entrepreneurs returned to their alma mater to talk about their latest venture – an app. Only two years earlier, the iPhone had launched and the App Store ecosystem had been born. With this new technology came a flood of apps. While others used insight to…
The Medical Device Single Audit Programme (MDSAP) is starting to gain acceptance in the medical device industry. The outcome of more than five years of work by regulatory bodies from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan and the US, MDSAP allows a recognised auditing organisation to conduct a single audit of a…