"Userexperiencedesignis notlimited to the confines of thecomputer. Itdoesn'tevenneedascreen," argues Bill DeRouchey, director ofinteractiondesignat Zibadesign.
Eric Park, of Ziba, a design consultancy, reckons companies must also think about drug delivery systems and patient-friendly packaging, which could create a new kind of branded intellectual property that might be more defensible than drug patents.