A team of industry experts awarded Nemera’s electronic add-on for ophthalmic droppers with a prestigious CPhI Award for Best Drug Delivery Device in its category.
On October 9th , during the CPhI Pharma Awards Gala, e-Novelia® , Nemera’s electronic add-on for ophthalmic droppers, was celebrated as the best-inclass innovation displayed at the show for “Excellence in Pharma: Drug Delivery Devices”.
e-Novelia® , Nemera’s smart ophthalmic add-on, has been designed to make patients’ life easier, by offering increased comfort and optimized adherence to their treatments.
It works in combination with Nemera’s preservative-free multidose eye dropper Novelia®
e-Novelia® incorporates cutting-edge technology and unique features; Nemera have designed and developed the device to add new functions which couldn’t be provided by standard mechanical devices.
Patients will benefit from enhanced instructions for use, immediate usage feedback and compliance information.
e-Novelia® combines these electronic benefits with improved ergonomics using mechanical features to make the device easier to activate and electronic functions to assist the patient in delivering drops accurately to the eyes.
This new technology will also be useful for healthcare professionals to tailor treatments and for researchers to perform more efficient clinical studies for example.
e-Novelia® has been designed to improve patients’ interaction with their drug by assisting them with:
Digitalized and interactive Instructions For Use through mobile application and on-device screen
Reminders to take their dose
Reminders to reload the device with a new drug bottle
Information about their drug: expiry date, dosage, batch number
Feedback and guidance to use their device the right way: tilt and shaking indication, buzzer, detection of wrong usage
Improved ergonomy and user friendliness featuring an eye cup and a bottle squeezing aid
Nemera’s smart eyedropper showcases several electronic features, which could be transferred across multiple device platforms:
Compliance rate
Treatment history
Remaining volume indication
Optimal position for drop into eye (via traffic lights)
Actuation ease of use
User instructions
Smartphone application and notifications
Shaking formulation indication
RFID tag on eyedropper bottle to collect data
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Nemera is a world leader in the design, development and manufacturing of drug delivery solutions. Its expertise covers all five modes of delivery: parenteral (auto-injectors, pens, safety devices & implanters), ophthalmic (multidose, preservative-free eyedroppers), nasal, buccal, auricular (pumps, valves and actuators for sprays), pulmonary (pMDIs, DPIs), dermal and transdermal (airless & atmospheric dispensers). Nemera provides solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology & generics industries from full solution development to pure contract manufacturing, through customized solutions.
