Leo Pharma and Portal Instruments this week announced a global collaboration and license agreement to develop a needle-free drug delivery system. Through the agreement, Leo Pharma’s investigational and approved medicines will be used in combination with Portal’s needle-free drug delivery system. Portal’s needle-free jet injector platform allows patients to self-administer biologics without needles. Get the full story on […]
20 medical device startups you need to know
There’s a lot of excitement these days around digital health. But there are actually many medical device startups out there in other spaces that continue to push the overall boundaries of medtech. From neuromodulation to drug delivery, surgical robotics and more, here’s a roundup of 20 medical device startups catching the eye of Medical Design […]
Portal Instruments uses speed to tackle needle-free drug delivery
Nobody likes to be on the receiving end of a shot. Studies have found that needle anxiety keeps people from getting important medications, like the flu vaccine, and can even stop people from taking self-injected drugs to manage chronic illnesses. That’s a problem that Portal Instruments hopes to solve with its needle-free injection system. “By the time […]
Takeda, Portal Instruments ink $100m deal to combine biologics and needle-free drug delivery
Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO:4502) and Portal Instruments said today that the pair inked a collaboration to develop and commercialize Portal’s needle-free drug delivery device with Takeda’s biologic medicines. The first development program is slated to combine Takeda’s monoclonal antibody for adults with moderately- to severely-active ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease with Portal’s technology. The investigational therapy is currently administered […]
Zimmer Biomet prez, CEO Dvorak unexpectedly resigns | Personnel Moves, July 12, 2017
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said late yesterday its prez and CEO David Dvorak has resigned from his position at the head of the company, effective immediately, to be replaced on an interim basis by senior VP and CFO Daniel Florin until a permanent successor is named. The Warsaw, Ind.-based company said it is retaining “a leading executive search […]
Portal wins ISO certification for needle-free drug delivery device
Medical device start-up Portal Instruments said today that it won ISO 13485:2012 certification from the National Standards Authority of Ireland. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company is developing a hand-held, needle-free drug delivery device. The device can precisely administer high viscosity biologics directly through the skin using a collimated jet that is the size of a strand […]
