First Needle-Free Patch RSV Vaccine Being Created
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted the Biotech company Vaxxas Pty. Ltd. of Australia a worldwide license to a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) antigen known as DS2. The license will allow for the firm to create the first needle-free and room-temperature stable RSV vaccine using a novel and “cutting edge” high-density microarray […]
“Needle-Free” Vaccines Pushed by Gates Foundation, U.S. Government
The pharmaceutical industry is continuing to receive funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. government to develop vaccines that can be administered without using a syringe. Last month, the Gates Foundation awarded a $23.6 million grant to Micron Biomedical, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia to manufacture needle-free vaccines. This was followed by […]
3D Printed Vaccine Skin Patches Being Developed
In an attempt to increase consumer demand for COVID-19 shots, researchers have designed a vaccine printer that can print COVID messenger RNA (mRNA) skin patches in bulk, producing as many as 100 patches in 48 hours. The microneedle patches, which contain mRNA molecules in lipid nanoparticles, could pave the way for unlimited distribution of the […]
