Adrian holds bachelor and master degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnologies from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EPFL.
For nearly 10 years, he has worked as human factors engineer for research, development and commercialization of drug delivery systems and combination products for medical device and pharma companies in Switzerland.
Adrian has wide experiences including prefilled syringes, pen injectors, auto-injectors, infusion pumps including innovative graphical user-interfaces.
Adrian has been with Novartis since 2011 and was responsible for Human Factors during the development of several marketed products including the COSENTYX®, ERELZI®, HYRIMOZ® Sensoready Pens and prefilled syringes with safety systems for home use.
He currently supports human factors activities on several projects in development on medical device and combination products, including biosimilars.
Four main questions for the development and usability considerations of new disposable auto-injectors: