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Micron’s Peel & Stick Technology Offers Hope For Needle-Free Drug Administration

 
• By Anabel Costa-Ferreira

Steven Damon, Micron Biomedical CEO, discusses the promising future of Micron’s microneedle technology, which allows for painless vaccine delivery through pressing a small patch onto the skin.

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Initiating as a spin-out from Georgia Tech, Micron Biomedical has developed its lead asset, a “peel & stick” microarray technology, providing an alternative route for vaccine and drug delivery, something CEO Steve Damon described as “truly the evolution of microneedles, but much more commercially viable.”

He emphasized in an interview with In Vivo that through eliminating the need for traditional needles, its microarray technology is a unique product offering in comparison to those on the...

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