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  • SingleTimeMicroneedles, Inc. Selected as Finalist for 2024 SXSW Pitch

    SingleTimeMicroneedles, Inc. Selected as Finalist for 2024 SXSW Pitch

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    SingleTimeMicroneedles to showcase STM Patch in the Food, Nutrition, and Health category

    SingleTimeMicroneedes, Inc., a microneedle drug development and delivery company has been selected as a finalist in the Food, Nutrition, and Health category for the 15th annual SXSW Pitch (formerly SXSW Accelerator). 

    SXSW Pitch, presented by KPMG, is the marquee event of South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference & Festivals (March 8 – 16, 2024), where leading startups from around the world showcase some of the most impressive technology innovations to a panel of hand-picked judges and a live audience. Out of the 670 companies that applied to present at SXSW Pitch 2024, STM was selected among the 45 finalists spanning nine separate categories.

    SingleTimeMicroneedles has developed a drug and vaccine microneedle delivery platform that can revolutionize access to lifesaving pharma products in animals and humans. The microneedle patch temperature stabilizes drugs and vaccines to eliminate the need for cold-chain storage and transportation and are the only patches that can deliver doses immediately, over-time, or separately over weeks/months in one application. The technology supports most types of vaccines and therapeutics, including large molecules, subunit protein-based antigens, vector-based vaccines, mRNAs, and any compound that benefits from multiple/longitudinal dosing. STM patches have broad applications and are being planned for use in animals and humans.

    “We believe that our technology will have a huge impact on the health of humans, animals, and whole communities by democratizing access to critical drugs and vaccines and are honored to have the opportunity afforded by SXSW to share our product and mission,” said CEO and co-founder, Jasdeep Singh.

    The initial technology for SingleTimeMicroneedles came out Dr. Thanh Nguyen’s lab at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Nguyen said, “Translating a research product from the lab to the market is always my goal and I think SingleTimeMicroneedles will make a large impact in healthcare and add to the research.”

    The two-day SXSW Pitch event will be held the first weekend of the SXSW Conference & Festivals, Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10, on the fourth floor of the Downtown Hilton Austin, Salon D/E. The event will then culminate with the 2024 SXSW Pitch Awards Ceremony on Sunday evening, March 10, where winning startups from each category and a Best in Show winner will be announced and honored in Salon H on the sixth floor of the Hilton Hotel.

    Source: SingleTimeMicroneedles, Inc.

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  • Amazon to Test Drones to Deliver Prescriptions to Your Door

    Amazon to Test Drones to Deliver Prescriptions to Your Door

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    By Cara Murez 

    HealthDay Reporter


    THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Soon, you may be able to step out on your front porch and wait for your prescription medication to drop from the sky.

    On Wednesday, Amazon Pharmacy announced that it is starting to test speedy prescription drug delivery by drones in selected locations.

    “We’re taught from the first days of medical school that there is a golden window that matters in clinical medicine,” Dr. Vin Gupta, chief medical officer of Amazon Pharmacy, said in a company news release. “That’s the time between when a patient feels unwell and when they’re able to get treatment. We’re working hard at Amazon to dramatically narrow the golden window from diagnosis to treatment, and drone delivery marks a significant step forward. Whether it’s an infectious disease or respiratory illness, early intervention can be critical to improving patient outcomes.”

    Although the company already delivers some prescriptions in two days via Amazon Prime, the drone method of delivery happens within an hour, according to the company.

    “Our drones fly over traffic, eliminating the excess time a customer’s package might spend in transit on the road,” explained Calsee Hendrickson, director of product and program management at Prime Air. “That’s the beauty of drone delivery, and medications were the first thing our customers said they also want delivered quickly via drone. Speed and convenience top the wish list for health purchases.”

    Customers in College Station, Texas, are first to try out the service, which Amazon said has already begun.

    Drones are programmed to fly from a secure pharmacy at a delivery center, and then descend down to 13 feet at a customer’s address and drop the padded package.

    The drones are expected to fly as high as 400 feet. The drone can also check that the area is clear of children and pets before dropping the package.

    More than 500 medications will be available this way, including treatments for flu and pneumonia, the company said.

    The company also plans to add a third U.S. location and cities in Italy and the United Kingdom to its drone delivery system by the end of 2024. By that same time, the company will introduce a new drone called the MK30. That drone is smaller, quieter and flies further, the Associated Press reported.


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    Amazon has been increasing its healthcare presence, including spending nearly $4 billion to buy One Medical, a primary care provider. It added telemedicine visits in all 50 states in August, the AP reported.
     

    Other companies also shown an interest in dropping pharmaceuticals by drone, including CVS Health. That company worked with UPS to test deliveries in 2019, but is no longer doing so, a CVS spokesman told the AP.

    Intermountain Health has been delivering prescriptions by drone in the Salt Lake City area since 2021. It is expanding the program, Daniel Duersch, supply chain director for the health care system, told the AP. The company is partnering with Zipline to use drones that drop packages by parachute.


    More information

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more on the development and approval of prescription drugs.

     

     

    SOURCE: Associated Press



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