Intradermal delivery

April 30, 2010

IN light of the launch this week of the world-first interdermal influenza vaccine, Intanza, in Australia, the Pharmacy Guild is calling on pharmacists to engage healthy adults in dialogue about the importance of seasonal vaccination. Intanza is an intradermal microinjection which uses a 1.5mm needle that delivers a 0.1mL dose and 9μg of antigen directly into the dermis, thereby exploiting its high concentration of immune cells (dendritic cells) which then create an equivalent immune response to traditional intramuscular vaccination.

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