Team Consulting wins international design award

Team Consulting Ltd, a leading product design and development consultancy, today announced the JFlex dispensing system, designed in collaboration with JohnsonDiversey, has been awarded a 2004 WorldStar for excellence by the World Packaging Organisation. This honour follows on from the UK Starpack 2004 Technical Innovation award won earlier last year for the JFlex design.

Team Consulting expands to new premises

Team Consulting Ltd, one of the UK’s leading product design and development consultancies, is delighted to announce its move from Cokenach in Hertfordshire to substantially larger premises in Ickleton, Cambridge.

Team’s new offices are based in a prestigious 6000 ft2 Grade II listed 13th century barn, with additional accommodation for their fully equipped labs to fulfil Team’s development activity in the pharmaceutical and medical devices sector.

Team and Valois Pharmaceutical Division partner on new dry powder inhaler development

Team Consulting and Valois Pharmaceutical Division today announced they have embarked upon a major development programme to produce a novel breath-actuated multi-dose Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI).

The ‘Bead Inhaler’ will utilise a unique dispersion technology proven to deliver excellent aerosolisation performance, reproducible emitted dose and high fine particle fraction. A novel drug storage and release technology is also being developed. In addition to offering excellent delivery performance and moisture protection with a wide range of formulations, the inhaler will be compact and simple to use.

Lens-free ophthalmoscope could transform critical disease diagnosis

A simple, lightweight, low-cost ophthalmoscope, which has significant implications for medical training and disease diagnosis, has been developed and prototyped by two UK companies.

Examining the retina at the back of the eye can be very revealing. Serious diseases such as glaucoma, diabetes, high blood pressure, brain tumours and cerebral malaria can be diagnosed, or their possibility noted for further

OptiNose signs pilot production deal with Team

OptiNose today announced at the Nasal Drug Delivery Conference in London that it has signed a pilot production deal for its Bi-Directional Delivery device. The announcement coincided with the company presenting new flow modelling data and clinical results on the technology at the conference.