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Article: Strong Growth for Skin Patch Products and Therapies Seen; New Survey by Greystone Associates Analyzes Factors Driving Demand.
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- June 5, 2003
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Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers
AMHERST, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2003
Created as an alternate route of administration to improve patient compliance and reduce prescription drug side effects, skin patches are rapidly becoming an important consumer healthcare product category. While prescription drug patch technology continues to advance, expanding the type and number of drugs that can be administered transdermally through improved designs and smaller form factors, patch products have been introduced in several over-the-counter categories with many more in development. A new class of products - non-medicated patches - that derive their ...