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Key trends in respiratory drug delivery
Fresh from 'Drug Delivery to the Lungs' conference in Edinburgh, Mark Allen shares his insights on the major themes from the event and a trend set to reshape the future of respiratory drug delivery.
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Analysis
Five ways to take cultured meat mainstream
Better for the environment and better for animals, cultured meat is an ascendant industry and could grow even faster with these five improvements.
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Digital PCR – a technology set to transform clinical testing?
Pregnancy screening, cancer treatment, organ transplant – digital PCR testing has the power to enhance clinical decision-making. What’s needed to take it mainstream?
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Designing more sustainable electronics
Our sustainability team assessed a range of technologies and design techniques to determine their potential for reducing the environmental impact of electronic products and how difficult they are to implement. This article outlines a few approaches we’ve used in recent projects at CDP.
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Demystifying FemTech innovation: your questions answered
In an exciting first half of 2022, our FemTech team attended and presented at various conferences. In this article, we share our responses to some of the questions arising from many fascinating conversations at these events.
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Women and maths: “I’ve gained so much confidence and resilience by going into this subject.”
Government social mobility adviser and secondary school headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh recently caused a stir by suggesting that girls choose not to do physics at A-level because “There’s a lot of hard maths in there…” Here, three of our consultants share a very different outlook on science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM).
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Seven principles of successful technology due diligence
Senior Consultant Sergio Malorni shares seven principles we apply when conducting technology due diligence, whether for rights acquisition or investment in the company which owns the target technology.
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How to boil your egg perfectly every time – according to simulation
Search ‘how to boil an egg’ on Google, and you get over three billion results, some telling you to put the egg in cold water after boiling to preserve the runny yolk. Intrigued, we decided to investigate the science behind this advice.
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Reducing the carbon footprint and plastic waste of LFTs: Evidence-based opportunities
With urgent and important demand for LFTs, jeopardizing performance, ease-of-use, supply chain availability, and low cost isn’t an option – but sustainability strategies are evolving in response to consumer expectations.
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Mastering fluid flow to enhance user experience
Ice cream and blood are two things you probably don’t want to think about simultaneously, but how a substance flows is a vitally important consideration for many products.
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The three pillars of FemTech success: #2 Experience-led design
In a series of articles outlining the three pillars of our FemTech philosophy, Jessica Platt and Martha Hodgson discuss the first: Inclusivity.
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Product design: Is plastic ever the best choice?
Plastics’ reputation has gone from miraculous to maligned in the last half-century. However, there are many applications where these unfashionable materials may still be the best choice.