CASE STUDIES

Vaxxas Nanopatch™ Jet Coating Instrument

The Vaxxas Nanopatch™ Jet Coating Instrument is an advanced technology platform to support needle-free dermal drug delivery research and product development.

Client: Vaxxas

Product: Nanopatch™ Jet Coating Instrument

Awards

2015 Good Design Award

Expertise Used

Fluidics, Thermal Control, Design to Regulatory Standards

Enabling more effective and efficient vaccination

Nanopatch™ is a next-generation drug delivery platform that consists of an array of thousands of coated microprojections able to perforate the dermal layer to deliver vaccine into the outer layers of the skin. Vaccine delivery using Nanopatch™ has the potential to offer significant advantages over traditional injections, including needle-free drug delivery, reduced pain, no need for refrigerated supply chain, improved vaccine effectiveness and low cost of manufacture.

A key consideration in development of the Nanopatch™ was the ability to apply vaccine to the microprojections effectively. In this collaboration, our design and engineering teams worked together with Vaxxas to develop a unique drying protocol able to provide essential levels of precision and control in manufacturing and product replication. This, in turn, supports the potential use of Nanopatch in a range of vaccine clinical research programs.

The collaboration between ourselves and Vaxxas resulted in development of an instrument that enables controlled coating of the micro-projections with drug compounds followed by specific drying protocols based on use of a unique gas jet technology. Usability was a key consideration throughout the development process, targeting a platform that is easy to use, maintain and clean. With these advantages, manufacturers are better able to achieve target goals in terms of precision and product replication necessary to advance vaccines to clinical stage research.

“The Nanopatch™ has the potential to provide a better patient experience, with better overall economics because there is no need to maintain a costly cold-chain. Through our collaboration with Invetech, we brought together the range of expertise and insight to identify a new method to apply drug to microprojections that represents a major advance in our ability to deliver vaccines to patients.”

Dr. Angus Forster

Chief Development and Operations Officer at Vaxxas

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