Platform development

Ypsomed's platform development model is structured to anticipate market needs, reducing time and complexity compared with bespoke product development. Each platform is created with long-term flexibility, regulatory foresight, and patient usability in mind. Platforms evolve through repeated testing, refinement, and design optimization, ensuring a high level of maturation at the point of customer onboarding, while a wide range of customization options are built into every platform. Even after initial validation, our platforms continue to evolve through incremental updates, enhancing flexibility, expanding compatibility, and incorporating the latest usability and sustainability insights.

Proactive development

Platform development at Ypsomed begins independently of specific customer projects. This proactive approach allows us to invest early in device concepts and core technologies, ensuring our platforms are ready to support customer programs without the need for entirely new development efforts. Customers benefit from shorter lead times and reduced initial risk.

Integrated design validation

Usability and human factors studies, along with functional testing, are integrated throughout the development process. Platforms are evaluated and refined with feedback from representative user groups, and findings are available to support customer regulatory activities. This ensures our platforms are patient-centric and compliant with global usability and safety standards from the outset, with pre-validated components reducing time to market significantly.

Centralized expertise and development support

All platform development functions are centralized at our headquarters in Burgdorf, Switzerland. This setup streamlines collaboration across design, human factors, regulatory, and clinical support teams.

Our expertise as a consultant in drug delivery is highly valued by all our customers. In particular, companies new to the self-injection subcutaneous drug delivery market appreciate guidance on selecting, customizing, and validating injection devices. Customers benefit from hands-on support, technical data, and access to automation solutions from a trusted partner throughout the product lifecycle.

Unparalleled manufacturing competence (Kopie)

Future-proof design

Each platform is designed with adaptability in mind. We account for changing formulation needs, including the ability to handle a range of drug viscosities and volumes. Since 2021 all our platforms are built according to eco-design principles, and many platforms are connectivity-ready, in line with evolving industry and sustainability standards.