Top Drug Delivery Device Solution Companies in Europe - 2021
ConvaTec: The Infusion Care Experts

Top 10 Drug Delivery Device Solution Companies in Europe - 2021

One positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has accelerated the rate of change for pharma and life sciences fields in general. The pandemic has pushed drug developers to rethink how to manage clinical trials and treat patients from hospitals and from their homes. And the breakneck speed at which vaccines are being developed are also accelerating timelines for other therapeutics in the future.

This paradigm shift is pushing the drug developers to leverage different cutting-edge technologies to streamline and speed up their drug delivery processes as well. As a matter of fact, the modern drug delivery devices are offering a wealth of opportunities for pharma companies seeking to advance drug development and gain deep insight at all stages—from discovery to development and the delivery of therapeutics. For instance, many drug developers are now using AI and natural language processing (NLP) algorithm-based drug delivery devices to gain insights from volumes of clinical studies in a matter of minutes. This is enabling the pharma companies to optimise the most effective mode of drug delivery.

At this juncture, there is a variety of drug delivery devices solution providers available in the European market that cater to the different needs of organisations and businesses. To help drug developers choose the partner that best fits their requirement, MedTech Outlook has compiled a list of the top 10 drug delivery devices solution providers in Europe. The enlisted companies are the frontrunners in the market that provide a wide span of features. Besides, the magazine also comprises insights from thought leaders in the sector on the industry trends, best practices, recent innovations, and their advice for aspiring CIOs.

We present to you MedTech Outlook’s, “Top 10 Drug Delivery Devices Solution Companies in Europe – 2021.”

    Top Drug Delivery Device Solution Companies in Europe

    ConvaTec
    As the world's largest manufacturer of infusion sets for insulin pumps and one of the most preferred partners for pumps like Medtronic-Minimed, Tandem Diabetes, Ypsomed and Roche, ConvaTec is leading a transformation in the industry. With strategic partnerships in drug delivery, hospital devices and medical films, ConvaTec is a leading MedTech company that specialises in developing and manufacturing a broad range of medical devices such as subcutaneous infusion sets, urinary, and suctions catheters, urine bags and medical film for different applications
    Eitan Medical
    Eitan Medical is reimagining drug delivery with reliable innovation that puts patients at the center of care, making infusion easier and safer than ever before. Patient safety and care is only the starting point, as Eitan Medical goes beyond, delivering connected, intuitive infusion solutions that are designed to improve patients’ and clinicians’ quality of life across the continuum of care, including hospital, ambulatory care, and home care solutions. For over a decade, Eitan Medical and its global partners have provided safe, intuitive, and flexible infusion solutions that meet evolving drug delivery needs
    Gerresheimer AG [ETR: GXI]
    Gerresheimer is the global go-to partner for medicine packaging, drug delivery devices and solutions with the broadest product range for pharma, health, well-being, and biotech. The company ensures that medicines of all kind are delivered to their final destination safely, reliably, and conveniently. Driven by this ambitious goal, it develops innovative and sustainable solutions that optmises customers’ industrial competence. With plants based in Europe, North America, South America and Asia, Gerresheimer has already cemented its position as an eminent partner for the pharma industry world-wide. In addition to moving the curve in the packaging realm, the manufacturing company attaches great importance to the environment. Gerresheimer takes extra care in building solutions that are sustainable and reduce the carbon footprints, greenhouse gas emissions, and others
    Hovione Technology
    Hovione Technology's offerings include PowdAir, a re-usable capsule-based device with four plastic components; TwinMax, a larger version of TwinCaps to deliver two to three times as much drug; Papillon, a simplest re-usable blister-based device; and 8Shot, which has eight powder compartments for large dose delivery. Hovione Technology’s team is today competent in all fronts of inhalation devices and offers unparalleled inhaler designing, patenting, and licensing. While working with the company, businesses can access Hovione’s (Hovione Technology’s sister company) 60 years of expertise in active pharmaceutical ingredient development and manufacturing, large industrial capacity, and a stellar GMP compliance record
    Iconovo [AB:PUBL]
    Iconovo is a Sweden-based pharmaceuticals company that develops ready-to-use inhalation products – inhaler devices and dry powder formulations – and assists in clinical trials and registration for generic drug and pharmaceutical companies. Possessing a unique combination of engineering and pharmaceutical expertise, the company renders an integrated development process that enables it to develop devices and formulations in a shorter time-frame cost-efficiently, meeting the rigorous ISO 13485-standard. Iconovo has four proprietary inhaler platforms—ICOres, ICOpre, ICOcap, and ICOone
    B. Braun Melsungen
    B. Braun is one of the world's leading providers and manufacturers of healthcare solutions today. Every service that B. Braun provides incorporates the entirety of its knowledge and skills, the company's deep understanding of users'​ needs, and more than 180 years of extensive expertise. With its constantly growing portfolio of effective medical care solutions, B. Braun makes a substantial contribution towards protecting and improving people's health. In total, the B. Braun product range comprises 5,000 different products, 95 percent of which are manufactured by the company
    Baxter
    Every day, millions of patients and caregivers rely on Baxter’s leading portfolio of critical care, nutrition, renal, hospital and surgical products. For more than 85 years, the company has been operating at the critical intersection where innovations that save and sustain lives meet the healthcare providers that make it happen. With products, technologies and therapies available in more than 100 countries, Baxter’s employees worldwide are now building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical breakthroughs to advance the next generation of transformative healthcare innovations
    INJEX
    NJEX Pharma GmbH, based in Berlin, pioneered needle free injections for intradermal and subcutaneous applications since almost two decades. The INJEX needle free technology is used for medical and cosmetic treatments. Today the INJEX Pharma Group has offices in Germany and China. The company focuses on medical therapies to treat diabetes, for applications in the field of vaccination, local anesthetics as well as dermatological beauty treatments
    PharmaJet
    Based in Golden, Colorado, PharmaJet’s mission is worldwide acceptance of PharmaJet Needle-Free devices as a standard of care in the vaccine delivery market. The innovative PharmaJet Stratis® Needle-Free Injector has U.S. FDA 510(k) marketing clearance, CE Mark and WHO PQS certification to deliver medications and vaccines intramuscularly or subcutaneously
    Esocap
    EsoCap’s vision is to improve patients' lives with serious illnesses through the development of a unique topical drug delivery platform for diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The organization started as a biotech startup in Basel, Switzerland, has quickly grown into a pharmaceutical powerhouse led by a team with various educational backgrounds, skilled in multiple fields. EsoCap also collaborates with several external partners to carry out large scope operations. These external contributors include companies covering industrial development, production of different pieces of the drug delivery platform, along with scientific and regulatory advisors