Funding For Development of Microneedle Patch Polio Vaccine
The Georgia Institute of Technology and Micron Biomedical have been awarded $2.5 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the development of dissolvable microneedle patches for polio immunization. The patches will be studied to evaluate their potential role as part of the worldwide efforts to eradicate polio.
The funds will support research and development of vaccine-filled microneedles that are designed to dissolve...