Over a billion autoinjectors are used every year. Almost all of them are single-use. Almost all of that plastic gets incinerated.

John Palmer-Felgate spent 30 years designing medical devices. At some point, he decided to actually fix the problem.

John is the Founder and CTO of Eco-Inject, a UK startup that has built a sustainable autoinjector from the ground up using 100% bio-based polymers, fewer components, and a completely rethought internal architecture.

Here's what we get into:

• Why you can't just swap in sustainable materials and call it a day
• How John reduced the device to five simple plastic moldings
• Why the production line footprint is a quarter of the current standard
• How Eco-Inject achieves a lower cost of goods and better sustainability at the same time
• The commercial reality of selling sustainability to pharma procurement

This episode is sponsored by Eco-Inject.

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