A day in the life of an advanced scientist: Donna Palmer

By Rachel Bolton-King2009-07-01T00:00:00

Dan has spent the past 18 months working as an advanced scientist for 3M Healthcare. He talks to Rachel Bolton-King about his typical day

3M is a global technology organisation with over 75,000 employees working in various industries. Dan works in the healthcare division and is part of a team of 15 staff in the inhalation drug delivery (IDD) hardgoods R&D department based in Loughborough.

Prototype testing

Dan uses laboratory procedures developed in-house to test prototype pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) designed by the IDD hardgoods design team for pharmaceutical customers. He is currently working on two pMDI projects, both of which have been running for five years. Most development projects take up to 10 years to complete before the product goes on sale.

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