Contents


enhanced stability and superior biocompatibility. Liam Critchley explores the advantages of zwitterionic polymers and how they can be applied in medical devices.


79 Material matters Compounding Solutions


Biomaterials


81 Particular expertise, manufacturing excellence CaP Biomaterials


82 Spinal cord regeneration We’re getting better at managing spinal cord injury, but are yet to reach the holy grail of treatment: reversing the damage done. Though that’s not for lack of trying. As tissue engineering progresses, researchers are investigating how biomaterials and advanced techniques may help to regenerate an injured spinal cord. Monica Karpinski speaks to specialists to find out more.


Packaging, supply & logistics


85 Simulating sustainability Sustainability challenges in healthcare packaging are centre stage – and rightly so. New impetus and regulations around sustainability are incoming for a sector that is heavily reliant on millions of tonnes of packaging to ensure safe, reliable and usable medicines and devices get to patients and caregivers. As such, the pressure is on to design greener packaging while hitting stakeholder needs. Dan Cave speaks to Sharon Barak, CEO of Solutum, and Camilla Enkbridge, chief technology officer at Envirotainer, to find out more about industry-wide sustainability efforts and the role simulation analysis might play.


88 Sustainable medical packaging through circular solutions VP Medical Packaging


90 Breaking data silos in the cloud


How long and complex healthcare 10 Medical Device Developments / www.medicaldevice-developments.com 82


supply chains perform depends on how effectively data is shared at all stages. Yet that data is often locked in silos, guarded by closed systems that cannot communicate with each other. Jim Banks talks to Mutaz Shegewi, senior research director at IDC Research, and Wesley Randall of the Department of Supply Chain Management at the University of North Texas, to explore how cloud- based solutions can enable better


data sharing and improve supply chain performance.


93 Set a new standard Klöckner Pentaplast


Events 94 Events to look out for


96 98 Product showcase Suppliers guide 90


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