Keith Kiernan has joined Radius as our Global Director of Business Development

Boston - February 2, 2012

I am pleased to announce that Keith Kiernan has joined Radius as our Global Director of Business Development. As a member of the Radius senior management team, Keith is responsible for global business development efforts across all market segments. Complimenting a passion for aligning customer needs with effective plans for leveraging product development and manufacturing solutions for competitive advantage, Keith brings his 20 years of proven senior business leadership experience in Healthcare, Industrial, Consumer and Packaging markets. Keith earned his Bachelor’s Degree (BA) of from Villanova University and recently completed Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development (PLD).

Philips Lifeline AutoAlert receives 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award 

Clinton MA - April 2011

Philips Lifeline AutoAlert has received a 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA). Helping seniors maintain their independence, the AutoAlert pendant is a wearable help button. The improved monitoring system detects falls, automatically calling for help if the wearer is unable to push the button due to disorientation or unconsciousness. Read more

The FDA's latest draft guidance document adds focus to Human Factors and Usability Engineering in Medical Device Design

June 22, 2011,  The FDA has once again called attention to the importance of Human Factors in Medical Product Design.  In their most recently release draft guidance document: “Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Optimize Medical Device Design,” the FDA highlights the critical role of user-centered risk analyses. The most important take-away from this is that a strong connection should be made between testing activities and risk analyses. Radius Product Development's own Christina Mendat PhD, Director - Research & Human Factors adds some perspective. Read more...

The Replenish Reusable Bottle System Wins 2011 EDISON AWARD

Chicago - 4/15/11

The Replenish Reusable Bottle System Wins 2011 EDISON AWARD Replenish and Top Names in Innovation Honored at Edison Awards Gala in New York City Chicago, IL (April 5, 2011) – Winners of the 2011 Edison Awards’ Best New Product Awards™ were announced today at the historic Capitale Ballroom in New York City. The sold-out event brought hundreds of top level executives from some of the world’s most recognized companies together to recognize the most innovative products and services introduced to the marketplace in the past year.  The Replenish Reusable Bottle System was recognized with a 2011 Bronze Edison Award in the Energy & Sustainability, Packaging category. Radius worked intimately with the system visionary, Replenish CEO Jason Foster, in engineering and delivering the system. Materials expertise was afforded by Eastman Chemical Company’s plastics division to leverage material properties, performance and recyclability to ensure the message and intent of the Replenish brand; Be Clean, Use Less, Mix Locally, Become a Reuser; was realized.

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Anthony Annibale has joined our team as Managing Director of our Chicago studio

Boston - February 1, 2012

Radius is pleased to announce that Anthony Annibale has joined our team as Managing Director of our Chicago studio. Anthony will direct business and strategic priorities leading the continued growth of the Chicago office while also providing strategic contributions to Radius’ success globally. Anthony has over 20 years of product innovation and development experience in healthcare, commercial and consumer markets. His deep experience includes partnering with healthcare clients to understand the complete care cycle and identify opportunities for realizing technology innovation in patient friendly devices that provide clinical efficacy in drug delivery while being cost effective. Anthony holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.  

Thanks Tim!

A quick sendoff for our summer design intern in Radius Clinton. Thanks for all the hard work Tim. Great job!  

Purex Complete Crystals Softener Wins 2011 EDISON AWARD

Chicago - April 5, 2011

Henkel today announced that the Purex Complete Crystals Softener was recognized with a 2011 Bronze Edison Award in the Consumer Packaged Goods Household category.Radius again collaborated with Nypro Packaging to optimize the usability, package design and dispensing functions of the new Purex package delivery system.   Radius optimized the cap design by engineering the flip top cap function for usability scenarios, enhanced the brand appearance and optimized the design for manufacturing.   Read more

Christina C. Mendat will be speaking at the upcoming 2012 PDA Meeting.

Boston - January 27, 2012

Christina C. Mendat, PhD, Director, Research & Human Factors at Radius will be speaking at the upcoming 2012 PDA Meeting (Parenteral Drug Association) Manufacturing Innovation: Achieving Excellence in Sterile and Emerging Biopharmaceutical Technology. The event will take place April 16 – 17, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is the leading global provider of science, technology and regulatory information and education for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical community. Christina's presentation, Mitigating Pharma & BioPharm Equipment Risk through Human Factors, will seek to educate the audience about the importance of human factors in managing risk.

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 Replenish Wins 2001 IDSA IDEA Bronze!

July 2011 

The Replenish™ delivery system wins IDSA Bronze! Congrats to Jason@Replenish, Joe T and Team in our Radius Chicago Studio, Cathy and Gaylon@ Eastman and Cradle to Cradle for the accomplishment! Check out Core77 showing the love: It doesn't make sense to burn fossil fuels shipping heavy cleaning fluids all over the place, when most of it is water and you already have water piped into your house. The Replenish Delivery System for Household Cleaners addresses this by selling you only the active ingredients, which you can mix with your own agua. Read more...