Basis for battery-powered skin patch for wider range of protein-based medicines
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have confirmed the feasibility of using a new drug delivery system the basis for a battery-powered skin patch to administer medication that shows promise for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD) and healing stubborn skin ulcers and burns. The needle-free delivery of the medication, which cannot be given by mouth and can have side effects when injected, is reported in the ACS journal, Molecular Pharmaceutics.