User involvement in pharmaceutical packaging design – a case study
Carli Lorenzini, Giana LU ; Olsson, Annika LU
and Larsson, Andreas
LU
(2017)
21st International Conference on Engineering Design
8.
p.41-50
- Abstract
- Different levels of user involvement in product design range from understanding user needs to co-designing with users. Previous research shows older patients face difficulties to handle the medication packaging. Yet the participation of older patients in pharmaceutical packaging design is underexplored. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of older patients in the design and development of pharmaceutical packaging. Two empirical examples of one drug manufacturer and one pharmaceutical packaging supplier build one case study. The findings reveal new pharmaceutical packaging development starts with market research about patients’ populations. The packaging development is led internally or with external partners. Later, patients... (More)
- Different levels of user involvement in product design range from understanding user needs to co-designing with users. Previous research shows older patients face difficulties to handle the medication packaging. Yet the participation of older patients in pharmaceutical packaging design is underexplored. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of older patients in the design and development of pharmaceutical packaging. Two empirical examples of one drug manufacturer and one pharmaceutical packaging supplier build one case study. The findings reveal new pharmaceutical packaging development starts with market research about patients’ populations. The packaging development is led internally or with external partners. Later, patients test the packages concepts developed. These findings add to previous research about the involvement of users in industries with a high technology orientation. This study is aligned with the challenges of public healthcare and contributes with a conceptual framework of user involvement, a useful tool for managers and developers to further benchmark their design process. (Less)
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- author
- Carli Lorenzini, Giana
LU
; Olsson, Annika
LU
and Larsson, Andreas
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-08
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Case study, Design process, Participatory design, Older patients, Pharmaceutical packaging design
- host publication
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), 21-25 August, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- volume
- 8
- pages
- 41 - 50
- publisher
- Design Society
- conference name
- 21st International Conference on Engineering Design
- conference location
- Vancouver, Canada
- conference dates
- 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-25
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85029765844
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 8c41a5b3-8b30-49fa-b216-83affb58d94a
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- 2017-04-20 12:44:02
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abstract = {{Different levels of user involvement in product design range from understanding user needs to co-designing with users. Previous research shows older patients face difficulties to handle the medication packaging. Yet the participation of older patients in pharmaceutical packaging design is underexplored. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of older patients in the design and development of pharmaceutical packaging. Two empirical examples of one drug manufacturer and one pharmaceutical packaging supplier build one case study. The findings reveal new pharmaceutical packaging development starts with market research about patients’ populations. The packaging development is led internally or with external partners. Later, patients test the packages concepts developed. These findings add to previous research about the involvement of users in industries with a high technology orientation. This study is aligned with the challenges of public healthcare and contributes with a conceptual framework of user involvement, a useful tool for managers and developers to further benchmark their design process.}},
author = {{Carli Lorenzini, Giana and Olsson, Annika and Larsson, Andreas}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), 21-25 August, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada}},
keywords = {{Case study; Design process; Participatory design; Older patients; Pharmaceutical packaging design}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{41--50}},
publisher = {{Design Society}},
title = {{User involvement in pharmaceutical packaging design – a case study}},
volume = {{8}},
year = {{2017}},
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