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S.M.A.R.T. innovations for the food industry
Highlights from Martha's keynote talk centred on the belief that innovation happens where consumer insight, technology enablers and business opportunities coincide.
Tag: Consumer Healthcare
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Reporting back from CES 2019
Neil Campbell, CDP’s consumer technology business development leader, is freshly back from the Consumer Electronics Show 2019 in Las Vegas. Here, he reflects on the healthcare innovations there that caught his eye, from malaria-defying lightbulbs to DIY ultrasound scannersThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 is a vast, raucous collection of…
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How is digital technology maturing in healthcare?
The recent Digital Health World Congress 2018, which was held in London at the end of November, covered aspects of medical and mobile technology. It certainly presented an interesting and diverse line-up of speakers and exhibitors. A key learning we took from the event is that digital health (the intersection…
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How to get serious about sleep – for you, your customers and your bottom line
Recently we have been investigating how sleep trends are impacting consumers and how companies can develop new solutions to help us all to sleep better. There is growing scientific evidence, media coverage and public awareness of the impact of sleep on our health. Not just how you feel today, but…
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MAKING A SPLASH Time-critical CDP software development helps Speedo make waves in swim tracking
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…
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Innovating disruptive products within all health and wellness
Most of us don’t take action often enough when it comes to improving our health. For many, the standard of care is bare bones: we find the time to schedule a visit to the doctor, listen attentively for the few minutes the doctor is speaking, and then implement the one…
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Breathing new life into clinical outcomes
The rise of connected devices and the variety of information they can generate is set to drive an increase in patient adherence to therapies. Our trials have shown that remote and hidden sensing of actual user behaviour can uncover unexpected and significant opportunities to improve the patient experience.So how can…
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Accelerating innovation in healthcare
Our healthcare clients do amazing work on complex designs with strict oversight and regulations – which are necessary to ensure medical products are safe and efficacious. But when we collaborate, our combined teams can greatly accelerate programmes, prompting the common question: “What are we doing to move so fast together?”Having…
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Patient-friendly packaging with intuitive design and an injection of fun, CDP takes a fresh look at pharma packaging
Technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has unveiled a new approach to pharmaceutical packaging. An intuitive design coupled with an injection of fun has resulted in a single-use medicine pouch that is a world away from traditional pharmaceutical packaging.The BeeBetter pouch is easy to use – the…
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THE WHOLE TRUTH Miniaturised technology from CDP uncovers the secrets of the perfect toothbrush
25 January 2018 – Innovation from technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) is set to transform mass-market toothbrush design. The ‘TruthBrush’ technology turns the humble manual toothbrush into a sophisticated monitoring device that can capture a variety of information about how people are actually brushing their teeth.Using…
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Brexit’s potential impact on medicine regulation in the UK and EU
Currently, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for just under a third of applications and updates for European medicinal product marketing authorisations – but on 29 March 2019 the UK will no longer be part of the European Union (EU). I was struck by the enormity…
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Out of the treatment room – into the home
The consumer health sector is expanding fast. From its traditional base, the category has exploded to deliver a myriad of products for consumers to manage everything from personal health and hygiene to fitness and pampering treatments. This explosion has several directions. Established healthcare companies which have an appetite to build…