Glide™ Technology | Technology Overview
Glide is an innovative needle-free drug delivery system for the injection of drugs and vaccines in solid doses. Glide is simple, clean and easy to use, even at home, and, by being much less invasive than traditional injection methods, Glide improves the treatment experience of both patients and carers. By allowing the injection of solid formulations, Glide opens up new therapeutic formulation and delivery options for new and existing treatments.
In its simplest form the needle-less Glide technology contains a tiny, pointed rod of pharmaceutical material that is pushed against, pierces and penetrates the skin. The pharmaceutical material comprises the active drug and any required excipients to produce a robust formulation that has the desired release kinetics for the drug. The drug formulation is pushed into the skin using the simple spring powered Glide actuator.
The drug component is smaller than a grain of rice and the injection process is completed in a faction of a second. Studies have shown that volunteers prefer to be injected with the Glide technology rather than have an injection with a standard needle and syringe.
The Glide technology comprises two main components:
- The reusable Glide actuator
- The disposable drug cassette prefilled with the drug
