Researchers at MIT hope to address the difficulties of transdermal drug delivery through a new wearable patch. The MIT team sees the skin as an appealing route for drug delivery. It enables the drugs to travel directly to the necessary site, which offers benefits in wound care, pain relief and more. However, the tough outer […]
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Abbott CEO touts future of biowearables in first-ever healthcare company keynote at CES
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) Chairman & CEO Robert B. Ford highlighted what the future holds as he presented the first healthcare keynote ever at CES. Abbott Park, Illinois-based Abbott is designing biowearables based on its Freestyle Libre platform, with sensor technology designed to track key signals in the body like glucose, ketones and lactate, and could even one […]
Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer says G7 will be ‘wonderful’
As we enter what may be the “new normal,” Dexcom’s CEO bets the company can pave the way in continuous glucose monitoring. Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM), like any company seeking to innovate, remains in a state of perpetual forward motion. That’s the way chair, president & CEO Kevin Sayer views it, anyway. As the company looks toward […]
AFYX Therapeutics touts study results for biodegradable oral adhesive patch
AFYX Therapeutics announced today that a study observed successful transmucosal delivery of a corticosteroid with its Rivelin patch. The Rivelin clobetasol patch (Rivelin-CLO) is a novel adhesive patch designed to deliver a therapeutic agent to wet tissue surfaces. The study, published in The European Journal of Oral Sciences, was the first to show the successful […]
Wearable infusion device maker Bexson Biomedical appoints SVP of drug delivery
Bexson Biomedical announced today that it appointed Sheldon Moberg as its new senior vice president of drug delivery. Santa Barbara, Calif.–based Bexson said in a news release that Moberg will lead the development of its drug delivery technologies, starting with a wearable infusion device for its BB106 therapy developed in partnership with Stevanato Group. The […]
Global wearable patch market growing at 10.6% rate
Researchers say that the global wearable patch market size is expected to reach $12.6 billion by 2026, marking a massive rise over five years. According to the research, put together by ResearchAndMarkets.com, the rise is expected to represent a compound annual growth rate of 10.6% during the forecast period. Wearables covered by the research, including […]
12 interesting wearables you should know
Wearable technology is probably one of those things you probably didn’t need but still wanted because people were always talking about the devices. Fitbit, Apple and Garmin are some of the main providers of health and wellness wearables. Each of them touts being able to track your fitness activity or measures your heart rate. However, consumer […]
