Welcome to the fifth issue of the Bang & Olufsen Medicom newsletter!

 In this edition you can read about:

    Meet B&O Medicom at Patient Compliance Conference in June...

    Helping Hand Data Capture launched...

    Insulair® positively evaluated...

    Compliance pen cap nominated for INDEX: Award...

    Patients’ acceptance of the Helping Hand...

    New Asmair® inhaler design...

    Free sample of the Helping Hand available...

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Bang & Olufsen Medicom will be exhibiting at the Patient Compliance and Communication Conference Europe 2007, organised by Eyeforpharma on June 4th-5th in Geneva, Switzerland. We invite you to come and see us for a discussion about issues faced within patient compliance and potential solutions. At our booth we will present our innovative drug delivery solutions, including the advanced version of our intelligent tablet reminder device, Helping Hand Data Capture.

More information about the Patient Compliance and Communications conference.

The advanced version of the tablet reminder device from Bang & Olufsen Medicom, Helping Hand Data Capture Device, has been launched in Europe and will, in addition, be launched later this summer in Denmark. Our client, a well known pharmaceutical company will use the advanced device for a patient trial conducted in cooperation with a number of key opinion leaders. The Helping Hand Data Capture device offers easy data capture and upload to a computer which enables health care professionals and investigators to receive a precise overview of the patient’s tablet taking behaviour for further analysis.  

Further information about the Helping Hand Data Capture device here or contact Bang & Olufsen Medicom at medicom@bang-olufsen.dk

A pilot survey presented at the Respiratory Drug Delivery Europe conference in April in Paris, revealed that health care professionals are receiving the latest pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI) from Bang & Olufsen Medicom, Insulair®, with enthusiasm. The overall feedback on the inhaler device is very positive and the specific features offered with Insulair® are evaluated as crucial features for a successful inhaler device. The respondents were impressed by the overall concept, its ease of use and especially the integrated dose counter function as well as its breath-actuation principle.

Download the pilot survey on Insulair® or read more about the inhaler range from B&O Medicom. 

The intelligent compliance pen cap from Bang & Olufsen Medicom, C-Cap, has been selected as a top nominee for the recognized INDEX: design award 2007 for its design and functionality. The INDEX: design award presents new design made to improve life and C-Cap has been nominated as a top design in the category ‘Body’.

With its visual and acoustic reminder signals and feed back features, C-Cap helps patients remain compliant. The design of C-Cap has been developed in a close collaboration between Bang & Olufsen Medicom and MADEBYMAKERS, a young Danish industrial design company. The pen cap fits a wide range of injection pens.

Read more about the INDEX: Award and the nomination of C-Cap here.

A recent survey published in the Journal of Medical Marketing shows that patients assess the Helping Hand, an intelligent tablet reminder device from B&O Medicom, positively. The survey involved more than 400 respondents and concluded that the overall assessment of the device’s functions, its usefulness and design were very positive – as less than 4% had reservations with regards to the device.

The reminder feature was evaluated as acceptable by 30% and excellent by 56% of the patients, while the feed back feature was evaluated as acceptable by 31% and excellent by 47% of the patients. The survey shows that an attractive design and an easy to understand functionality, as the Helping Hand offers, are crucial for new medical devices. The Helping Hand reminds and guides patients in their medication taking routines and offers a short cut to improved compliance rates.

In addition to its commercial collaborations with a number of pharma companies B&O Medicom is also co-sponsoring a number of patient compliance related clinical trials and PMS studies in the field of hypertension and transplantation with the first interim results awaited by the end of 2007.

More information about the range of tablet dispensers from B&O Medicom or download the survey on the Helping Hand.

The development of the press and breath pMDI, Asmair®, will be completed over the next few weeks. As part of the final technical adjustments and interviews with users and clients, B&O Medicom has also developed two alternative industrial designs that will be promoted later this year. These designs, which share the same single incremental dose counter principle, confirm B&O Medicom’s continuous commitment to non-stigmatising, user-friendly and robust inhalation devices solutions. The new Asmair® designs can be presented in confidence.

Further information about Bang & Olufsen Medicom’s inhaler port folio here.

Bang & Olufsen Medicom thank you for your time in reading our newsletter and would like to offer you the opportunity to have a free sample of our award-winning Helping Hand tablet reminder device posted to you. We are happy to provide a sample to potential pharmaceutical clients, members of the media or patient groups, please email: medicom@bang-olufsen.dk

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Bang & Olufsen Medicom designs, develops and co-markets drug delivery solutions to increase patient compliance. Medicom is an award-winning supplier of medical devices that have the goal of helping remind the patient when to take their medication and keep track of the medication in general. We have devised this newsletter to keep you informed about our latest news, product developments and event participation. Follow this link for information on B&O Medicom. 

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