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`DBA Design Effectiveness Awards 2009
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`SoloSTAR®
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`A disposable pen injector for insulin
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`Category:
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`Sub category:
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`Product
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`Consumer
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`Client company:
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`Sanofi Aventis GmbH
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`Design consultancy:
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`DCA Design International Ltd
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`Current date:
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`2nd June 2009
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`Executive summary
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`Pen injectors were introduced over 20 years ago to deliver liquid medication . They allow
`users to select a dose of medication and inject this via a needle connected to a small
`reservoir within the pen.
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`In Europe, Japan and the US, pen injectors are commonly used to deliver insulin for the
`treatment of diabetes mellitus. In many countries they have largely replaced the
`traditional vial and syringe because they benefit patients by allowing accurate and easy
`dosage, whilst being convenient and discrete.
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`Lantus®, a new once a day basal insulin, was originally offered in a licensed injector
`device but in order to sustain the development of the new insulin, Sanofi Aventis decided
`to begin developing its own pen in 2003. The new device could not be a 'me too'
`product; it had to offer significant improvements over all other disposable insulin devices
`on the market.
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`The design brief was suitably ambitious. In order to satisfy the needs of patients
`requiring high dose volumes of insulin, the new pen injector had to be capable of
`delivering a single dose of 80 insulin units (over 30% larger than all comparable devices
`on the market) with no penalty for comfort and convenience. In addition to being
`extremely robust, the device also had to satisfy the very high accuracy standards
`outlined in 150-11608.
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`The solution is SoloSTAR®. SoloSTAR® meets all of these requirements and exhibits
`significant advantages over previous devices in terms of comfort, safety and ease of
`use1
`. Since its launch in 2007, SoloSTAR® has rapidly established itself as a leading
`disposable pen injector for insulin, accounting for 41% of all growth in the global
`injectable insulin market in 20082
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`(277 words)
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`Lantus® SoloSta
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`Project overview
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`Outline of project brief
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`To develop a 'best-in-class' disposable pen injector with the following key features:
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`Maximum selectable dose up to 80 units in 1 unit increments.
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`Dose correction without penalty, i.e. the possibility to dial back without expelling
`liquid.
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`The lowest injection force in its class.
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`User interface design based on good ergonomic principles.
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`Simple, obvious operation with no additional steps beyond selecting and dispensing a
`dose.
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`Suitable for extremely high volume manufacture at low cost.
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`Safe, robust and reliable.
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`Maximum differentiation for devices containing different insulins.
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`Description
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`SoloSTAR® contains 3ml of insulin, dispensable in single unit increments (0.01ml). The
`user selects a dose by rotating a dial and injects this volume by simply depressing the
`dose button.
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`Improvements over predecessor devices have been achieved in all key areas (from initial
`learning through to daily usage) and together they provide genuinely important
`advantages for users. SoloSTAR® is the first disposable insulin pen to combine very low
`injection force (which provides a smooth injection experience for patients) with 80 units
`maximum dose capability, an important breakthrough.
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`Overview of market
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`Measured by the number of insulin units (IU) prescribed worldwide, the total market for
`injectable insulin grew from 217 Billion IU in 2003 to 302 Billion in 2008.
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`Of the different methods of injecting insulin available, disposable pen injectors form the
`fastest growing sector, up from approximately 20% of the market in 2003 to 31 % in
`20083
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`In 2003, Sanofi Aventis held just 6.1% of the total disposable insulin pen market, well
`behind its two main rivals Novo Nordisk (60.2%) and Eli Lilly (29.2%) 4
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`Project launch date
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`April 2007 in Germany.
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`Size of design budget
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`Not available
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`Outline of design solution
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`The key technical challenges faced in developing SoloSTAR® resulted from worldwide
`research, which indicated that users strongly desire low injection force together with a
`large selectable dose range.
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`A fundamentally new operating mechanism was needed to resolve this problem. The
`highly efficient mechanism at the heart of SoloSTAR® is the product of a rigorous,
`evidence-based engineering design process. This innovative mechanism gives
`SoloSTAR® the lowest injection force in its class (over 30% less than key competitor
`devices) 5
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`Averag force to del iver a 40 unit dose in 4 second
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`Competitor
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`Competitor
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`During the development of SoloSTAR®, the design team held the needs of users in
`primary focus and careful consideration was given to visual design. SoloSTAR® has a
`discretely appealing form that helps to neutralise any stigma that may be attached to its
`use in public.
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`Colour is used to enhance safety by minimising the risk of a misidentification. In fact
`SoloSTAR® Lantus and Apidra have a total of five differentiation features for improved
`safety: body colour, dial colour, button colour, label design and a tactile feature on the
`injection button of the Apidra pen.
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`As many diabetic sufferers experience vision deficiencies, a very clear, high-contrast dial
`number display with magnification was also developed.
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`Summary of results
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`Increase in sales
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`Analysis of the market growth during 2008 shows that SoloSTAR® is highly successful.
`Around the world, SoloSTAR® has become the engine for growth in sales of Lantus®.
`Between October 2007 and October 2008, the Lantus® SoloSTAR® device alone captured:
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`41 % of the total growth in the injectable insulin market6,
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`and accounted for 89% of Sanofi Aventis' annual consumption growth in the
`injectable insulin market6
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`Reductions in manufacturing costs
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`SoloSTAR® has few components and is designed to facilitate very high speed automated
`manufacture and assembly. Careful attention to these aspects means that greatly
`improved functional performance is gained with no cost penalty over previous devices.
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`Increases in market distribution
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`Before the launch of SoloSTAR®, Sanofi Aventis did not market disposable insulin pen
`injectors in the US and Japan. The disposable devices available at the time simply did not
`meet the particular needs and expectations of these important markets.
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`SoloSTAR® has been launched into both of these markets and is proving very successful,
`as can be seen in the sales evolution graphs shown on the previous page.
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`Increases in market share
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`The worldwide sales evolution in the first 15 months after launch clearly shows that
`Lantus® SoloSTAR® has overtaken the closest basal insulin competitor7
`• In fact, in the
`last quarter of 2008 Lantus® SoloSTAR® achieved almost 45% more sales (by volume)
`than this competitor. This success demonstrates the markets' preference for a device
`designed with the patient's needs at the heart of its development.
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`In 2008, Sanofi Aventis' share (volume share) of the total disposable insulin pen market
`grew to 22.7%, with Novo Nordisk taking 61.8% and Eli Lilly 14%8 • This represents a
`significant improvement on the position in 2003, when Sanofi held just 6.1% of this key
`market, indicating just how successful SoloSTAR® has been.
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`Improvements in staff morale
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`DCA have been working alongside a dedicated device department set up at Sanofi
`Aventis to develop injection devices. All members of the team involved in the project are
`very proud to have helped create such a globally successful product.
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`A great deal of positive feedback has also been given by the Sanofi Aventis global sales
`teams who are delighted that they are now able to offer their best-in-class insulin
`(Lantus®) within a best-in-class device.
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`Improvements in consumer attitudes or behaviour
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`In September 2008, Sanofi Aventis commissioned market research agency Ipsos Health
`to undertake interviews with over 2000 health-care professionals, who are involved in the
`initiation of treatment for patients with diabetes in eight major countries around the
`world 9
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`One of the questions that this group were asked was whether SoloSTAR® has changed
`attitudes towards prescribing Lantus@. 69% of physicians responded that the availability
`of the SoloSTAR® pen increases their likelihood of prescribing Lantus® to patients.
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`Within the same study 422 specialist Diabetologists were asked how they would rate the
`SoloSTAR® device overall, on a scale from 1 to 10. The chart below shows the average
`ratings given by Diabetologists from the six largest markets, as well as the result for all
`responses globally.
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`Average ratings for SoloSTAR given by Diabetologists
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`10
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`8
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`7
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`6
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`60
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`UK
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`USA
`60
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`Jap.1n
`71.
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`Global
`411
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`"SoloSTAR takes very little time
`to teach ... we can teach more
`patients and teach them more
`quickly. And that is a huge
`advance."
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`Maureen Bancroft (Diabetes Nurse, UK)
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`Market studies10 undertaken by Sanofi Aventis have also shown high acceptance of
`SoloSTAR® by patients. The graph below illustrates one key element of this.
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`Patient preference fo the lower injection
`force oi SoloSTAR
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`100
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`90
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`69%
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`16%
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`13%
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`"I have got rheumatoid arthritis
`and my fingers are buckled, but
`I can manage the pen. I think
`it's fantastic, the Lantus
`SoloSTAR . ... If I can do it,
`anyone can do it!"
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`Wendy Tait (Diabetic patient, Australia)
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`Research sources
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`1 - Clinical Therapeutics 2007. Haak T, et al.
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`2 - IMS Health 2008. The world's leading provider of market intelligence to the
`pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
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`3 - IMS Health 2008. The world's leading provider of market intelligence to the
`pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
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`4 - IMS Health 2008. The world's leading provider of market intelligence to the
`pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
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`5 - Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery (2007) 4(2) pages 165-174, Clarke and Spollet.
`Comparison is made for the mean force of the total dose between SoloSTAR®, Novo
`Nordisk Flexpen® and Eli Lilly Humalin®/Humalog®.
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`6 - IMS Health 2008. The world's leading provider of market intelligence to the
`pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
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`7 - IMS Health 2008. The world's leading provider of market intelligence to the
`pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
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`8 - IMS Health 2008. The world's leading provider of market intelligence to the
`pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
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`9 - Ipsos Health. Help pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device businesses around the
`world understand patients, prescribers and influencers.
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`10 - Clinical Therapeutics 2007. Haak T, et al.
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`Other influencing factors
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`A number of PR events for press/ doctors/ nurses where held to increase awareness of
`the new product; a number of publications have also featured articles which challenge
`the competition on dispense force, importance of dose accuracy for the therapy, etc.
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