
The latest thought leadership from our expert teams

Engineering the future of innovations in oncology
This paper highlights macro and micro factors affecting oncology and proposes a partnership-driven framework to catalyze innovation for oncology-focused biopharma – as well as the role that select high-impact technologies will have on the on the entire value-chain of cancer research and care delivery.
- AI & Analytics
- Bioinnovation
- Digital health
- Dispense
- Robotics
- Sensing

The future of patient monitoring
Patient monitoring is an inherent part of patient management. Intermittent and continuous measurements have a range of uses, from defining disease states and characterising progression to informing therapeutic approaches and...
- AI & Analytics
- Connectivity & IoT
- Digital health
- Digital security
- Digital services
- Human factors
- Product realisation
- Sensing
- Service design
- User Experience (UX)

Our core technology is at the heart of the world’s first FDA-approved fully at-home COVID-19 test
The rapid, at home COVID-19 antigen test from digital diagnostics company Ellume features core technology from Cambridge Consultants. Read how this FDA approved test is set to be a game-changer in the global pandemic.
- Bioinnovation
- Digital health
- Fluids & thermodynamics
- Sensing

The path to a sustainable future for inhalation products
Dan Cowen, Senior Consultant at Cambridge Consultants, presented at Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) - Christmas Lectures and talked about the path to a sustainable future for inhalation products. Watch his presentation to learn how sustainability in inhalation products can be achieved whilst maintaining safety and efficacy at the core.
- Human factors
- User Experience (UX)

Medical device sustainability takes centre stage at DDL2020
Sustainability emerged as a hot and emotive topic at this year’s Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) conference, read Donal Taylor's thoughts on other key trends that emerged.
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- Physical sciences
- Product realisation

It’s time to start removing the barriers to sustainability in personal drug delivery devices
Matt Garwood challenges the medical device development status quo. If we embrace a bold, comprehensive response that begins at the concept stage and ends with the device user, it is possible to challenge conventional thinking and change for the better.
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- Physical sciences
- Product realisation

Neuropathy screening from diabetic retinopathy images – a deep learning breakthrough
People with diabetes have an increased risk of developing serious health problems, including neuropathy. We’ve developed an AI-based system, in partnership with eminent specialists, to assess the presence of neuropathy from retinal images.
- AI & Analytics
- Digital health

Could a radical approach to mass screening conquer COVID this winter?
The next step in the fight against coronavirus looks set to be mass screening of whole cities and towns. Symon Cotton, Head of Life Sciences at Cambridge Consultants, believes that so-called multipool screening could make all the difference to the success of this approach during the current second wave of the virus.
- Dispense

A roadmap is needed to drive improved inhaler sustainability
Metered-dose inhalers account for 3.5% of the UK National Health Service’s carbon footprint and are tagged as a carbon hotspot. But there is no reason that sustainability has to come at the cost of clinical benefit.
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- Physical sciences
- Product realisation

Mixing it up – a possible way to provide COVID-19 testing for all
Symon Cotton explores the use of pooled testing techniques for deploying mass Covid testing.
- Bioinnovation

Shooting for the moon: how to test 10 million samples for COVID-19
In September the UK government announced Operation Moonshot – to deliver the mass screening of 10 million samples for COVID-19 every day. Andrew Goulter takes a pragmatic look at five key areas of focus if we are to increase screening efficiency and capacity.
- Dispense

Is Rust the next weapon in medical implant cybersecurity?
Ryan Chaves explores some of the approaches currently being used – or considered – to address concerns over the cybersecurity of implanted medical devices.
- Digital health
- Digital security