Lighting Talk: Injection Tolerability – Understanding the Influence of Device Design on Injection Pain

At Cambridge Design Partnership we're seeing demand from our clients for larger injection volumes, leading to discussions around injection pain and challenging previously held perceptions of patient tolerability for self-injection. In this talk, Andrew Fiorini will explore the aspects of an injection that cause patients pain, focusing on the contribution device design has and the influence of dose size and rate of injection. Non-device related aspects of injection including formulation and patient anxiety will also be examined. The presentation will include discussion of patient experience and tolerability of larger volumes and infusion rates, backed by clinical data showing that, yes patients can tolerate larger volumes at faster rates than previously thought.