 of navigational feedback, electronically controlled drug delivery and monitoring of the intestinal tract promises to make iPill technology a valuable research tool for drug development,” said leading pharmaceutical drug delivery expert Dr. Karsten Cremer of Pharma Concepts GmbH, Basel (Switzerland). “In particular, I recognize the potential of this technology to improve drug candidate profiling and selection, which could ultimately accelerate the development of new drugs.”
“As part of Philips’ commitment to provide integrated solutions for patient care, we are exploring the potential benefits of our technologies in the therapeutic arena,” says Henk van Houten, senior vice president of Philips Research and head of the Healthcare research program. “We foresee that technologies like the iPill, that combine electronics with diagnostic and therapeutic properties, will open up the possibility of targeting almost any kind of drug to a specific location in the intestinal tract.”
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