Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, mainly affecting children under five years old, and there is no cure. As part of its Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the World Health Organization has been working closely with PATH and the Gates Foundation to clinically evaluate delivery technologies including the PharmaJet Tropis®, to accommodate increases in demand and vaccine supply shortages.1 Fractional dose polio vaccine delivery has been endorsed by the WHO and the Indian Ministry of Health, as it provides a more cost effective option that will enable routine immunization to more children.
"We're right on the verge of eliminating polio from mankind," said Ron Lowy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PharmaJet Inc. "A shortage of vaccine is a big hurdle, but PharmaJet can help rectify that with its needle-free technology. We invented a device that gets the same immune responses with 60 percent less vaccine."
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To help end polio, intradermal delivery takes center stage, Vaccine and Pharmaceutical Technologies News and Updates – PATH, May 2016, http://www.path.org/newsletters/vaccine-technologies-newsletter.php
About PharmaJet
Based in Golden, Colorado, PharmaJet's mission is worldwide acceptance of PharmaJet needle-free devices as a standard of care in the vaccine delivery market. PharmaJet's devices are also integral in the development of multiple novel pharmaceuticals. The innovative Stratis® device has U.S. FDA 510(k) marketing clearance, CE Mark and WHO PQS certification to deliver medications and vaccines either intramuscularly or subcutaneously. In August 2014, the PharmaJet Stratis® device was cleared for delivery of an influenza vaccine to deliver needle-free flu shots. The Tropis® device for intradermal injections received authorization to apply the CE Mark in May 2016. The PharmaJet Needle-free devices are safe, fast and easy-to-use. They eliminate needlestick injuries, needle reuse and cross contamination, and help reduce sharps waste disposal. For more information, visit www.pharmajet.com.
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