At SXSW last month, we had the opportunity to take a closer look at Portal Instruments‘ upcoming needle-free drug delivery device. As we wrote previously, Portal Instruments has developed a injection system that involves delivering a tiny jet of liquid through the skin at a high speed.
We naturally had to ask how similar an experience this would be to Star Trek’s hypospray device (which seems to actually be kind of painful), and we were told that the jet of vaccine is so tiny and moves so fast that most only feel a small tickle.
We also learned more about Portal’s recently announced partnership with Takeda Pharmaceuticals to investigate using the injector with Entyvio, a drug for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.
More information: Portal Instruments website…
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