Medicine8

• Bitter taste masker
  Taste masker for bitter children’s medicine

  Bind the bitter drug in a syrup so kids take it, then release it in the stomach

• Drug crystal check
  Drug crystal form check before scale-up

  Find every crystal form a drug can take, so it does not change form in the bottle (the ritonavir recall)

• Potassium binder
  Potassium binder for kidney patients

  Swallowed powder that grabs potassium in the gut and leaves sodium and calcium

• Inflammation sensor
  Sensor surface that tracks inflammation at home

  Test-strip or sweat-patch surface that grabs CRP or IL-6 and ignores other proteins, to track arthritis flares

• Slow-release joint shot
  Slow-release joint injection for arthritis

  Polymer bead that releases a steroid inside the joint over weeks instead of days

• Gout crystal blocker
  Crystal blocker for gout

  Molecule that stops uric acid from forming needle crystals in joints

• Infection-free catheter
  Antibiotic-free coating that stops catheter infections

  Surface bacteria can’t stick to, for catheters and implants

• Gadolinium-free MRI
  MRI contrast agent without gadolinium

  Bright MRI scans using manganese or iron, avoiding gadolinium build-up in the body