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RSS FeedsContact lenses that deliver drugs directly to the eye win health care prize
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9 march 2018 23:02:18

 
Contact lenses that deliver drugs directly to the eye win health care prize
(World News Science)
 


A team from a Harvard Medical School affiliate saw its way clearly to victory at last night`s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize competition, with contact lenses that deliver medications directly to the eye over days or weeks. For its novel invention, Theraoptix took home the annual competition`s $25,000 grand prize, sponsored by health services firm Optum. In total, eight finalist teams pitched health care innovations to a panel of expert judges, from Optum and several local venture firms, and a capacity audience at the MIT Wong Auditorium in the Tang Center. Winning a second-place prize of $2,000 was Strand Therapeutics, which is developing mRNA-based cancer-fighting drugs. A $500...


 
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