Understanding how to improve drug product design for patients starts with understanding the patient journey. In this discussion recorded at the 8th annual Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery (PODD) conference, Cornell Stamoran, PhD, VP of Corporate Strategy and Government Affairs, Catalent Pharma Solutions asks patient advocate Alex Rinaudo about his experience as a parent of a son with diabetes.

Diagnosed at 22 months and now aged five, Alex’s son is a typical young, adorable kid. Alex and his wife’s goal is to give him as normal a life as possible in very challenging circumstances. Alex provides his insight on some of the issues they face, such as managing his son’s medications, coordinating the hand-offs in his caregiver network and dealing with other illnesses.

Alex and Cornell also discuss:

- why it’s important to cement self-care behaviors during adolescence and how this affects adulthood

- how the future success of self-care is impacted by the early interactions between parents and children

- what advice Alex would give to product and technology developers

For more insight on the drug delivery industry, please join us for the 9th annual PODD business development event on October 7-8, 2019 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston. PODD covers the latest advances in drug delivery science, while also providing a meeting place to network and form new partnerships.

To learn more about the event, please visit PODD.

The Pediatric Patient Perspective on Drug Delivery and Connected Health

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