Implant Offers Slow Drug Release
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MicroChips Inc. hopes that one day you’ll use electricity to take your drugs. No extra outlet will be needed. Rather, an electrical current sent to your body will start the process to deliver the drugs. The Bedford, Mass., start-up, which counts medical-device makers Boston Scientific Corp. and Medtronic Inc. as investors, recently demonstrated the ability to continuously release drugs in a handful of dogs over a six-month period using an implantable device and wireless technology. The demonstration, which is being featured in the April edition of the journal “Nature Biotechnology” was said not to be harmful to the dogs, which were given a drug for the treatment of prostate cancer. MicroChips’ technology will also be used to activate biosensors in the body and for the passive delivery of drugs in orthopedic implants like hips or knees. More : online.wsj.com |