Rx Bandz — the corporate creating MiniJect™, which first got here to our consideration in 2019 and is being promoted because the world’s smallest auto-injector — is anticipated to submit its utility for expedited FDA approval of an epinephrine model of the gadget in late 2026.
The corporate has obtained loans and grants from Leonid Capital Companions and the US Air Power, offering the funding needed to finish its New Drug Functions (NDAs) to the US Meals & Drug Administration.
Following their epinephrine NDA, Rx Bandz intends to submit purposes for ketamine and hydromorphone supply, each of that are included in packages supported by navy grants.
On Wednesday, the corporate issued the next press launch.
Rx Bandz MiniJect Auto-Injector Curated at Nationwide Museum of Well being and Medication
Smallest of Rx Bandz‘s three compact auto-injectors now a part of everlasting assortment
Our auto-injector builds on the teachings from a long time of navy medical developments,. (It) will assist save lives and form the following evolution of accessible, life-saving care.”
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 26, 2025 — The progressive MiniJect is now a part of the everlasting assortment of the Nationwide Museum of Well being and Medication, Washington DC.
MiniJect is compact, about one third the dimensions of conventional auto-injectors making it simpler to hold and makes use of a novel hydraulic system that permits it to ship a wide range of medicines together with epinephrine, vaccines, and biologics.
Founder and CEO Jessica Walsh mentioned, “We’re honored that the Museum has chosen to curate our MiniJect into its everlasting assortment. Our platform of auto-injectors are designed to face up to the trials of being carried by Particular Forces operators—or by children, who could be even harder on issues. MiniJect is engineered to make administering injectable medicine easy for anybody, anytime, wherever, all whereas sustaining its rugged sturdiness, reliability and ease of use.”
Rx Bandz Chief Expertise Officer Stephen Harhen mentioned, “The MiniJect was developed to carry emergency drugs out of the hospital and straight into succesful palms on the level of harm, the place it’s wanted most. We share the museum’s dedication in chronicling medical historical past and driving innovation by means of studying. Our auto-injector builds on the teachings from a long time of navy medical developments, and we count on our compact auto-injector platform will assist save lives and form the following evolution of accessible, life-saving care.”
Rx Bandz has a number of contracts with the Division of Protection to change MiniJect to ship emergency medicines. The Museum’s assortment serves as a Division of Protection useful resource exhibiting how know-how influences the follow of medication and documenting essential tendencies within the evolution of medical know-how.
The Nationwide Museum of Well being and Medication is devoted to preserving, accumulating, and decoding the objects, specimens, images and paperwork chronicling the historical past and follow of medication over the centuries.
The collections focus significantly on the historical past and follow of American drugs, navy drugs, and present medical analysis points.
The Museum’s Historic Collections division contains artifacts documenting the fabric tradition of medication, with an emphasis on navy drugs and federal authorities drugs. The earliest objects date from circa 1660 (Robert Hooke Microscope) to medical devices and tools presently in use. The gathering continues to function a Division of Protection useful resource for the research of how know-how influences the follow of medication and documenting essential tendencies within the evolution of medical know-how.
The Museum, in Silver Spring, MD, is free, and obtainable to the general public and researchers.
About Rx Bandz
Rx Bandz is a privately-held, woman-led biotech with its laboratory in NJ. Rx Bandz is creating the following technology of patient-centric auto-injectors to ship a variety of injectable medicines around the globe. Its MiniJect is the world’s smallest auto-injector that’s quick and easy-to-use in comparison with conventional auto-injectors. Rx Bandz centered on delivering epinephrine to deal with anaphylactic shock. Additionally it is creating merchandise to deal with quite a few emergency medical situations together with a brand new formulation of tranexamic acid to cease hemorrhages. A variety of injectable medicines may be administered in its 1 ml to five ml auto-injectors, IM or SubQ.
Myrna Walsh
Rx Bandz
Myrna@RxBandz.com
