Secrets to successful teams in drug delivery

We are in the business of research. We are in the business of developing new drug delivery systems. And we are in the business of manufacturing products that help patients, patients who must contend with diseases that diminishes or shortens their lives. At all stages from basic research to final manufacturing, teams are the best way to advance efficiently. Whether it be in academia, where the fundamental science and engineering insights are discovered and elucidated, or in the world of highly structured pharmaceutical development, where a new product must be scrupulously tested and proven to work in patients, our teams have a mission: to make lives better. A team is a group of people who perform interdependent tasks to work toward accomplishing a common mission or specific objective. In this article, we share some strategies for fostering successful teams in drug delivery. We focus here on drug delivery as the field we know the best; but we think many of the points are relevant in many fields. While it is likely in some instances you may be a team leader; it is more likely you will be a member of a team. And so we start with a focus on being a team player.