Weston Medical see Intraject flotation:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Weston Medical, a Cambridge, UK-based company, which has developed the Intraject needle-free liquid injector device, is seeking to raise £50 million ($80 million) on the London Stock Exchange. The company has six licence collaborations with drugs companies for use of its injectors. However, at a recent drug delivery conference, the company's CEO Cristopher Samler predicted that companies such as his only had a 10-year window of opportunity before more sophisticated oral drug formulations reduced the need for needle-free drug delivery (see Clinica No 898, p 15).
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