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Needle-free vaccines

Needle-free vaccines are no longer a wish thanks to Australian researchers. Photo: 7News

There are many of us who cannot handle the idea of vaccination by injection so this might be the best news you've had in a while.

Australian researchers have come up with a new way of administering injections with no needles or syringes and there's no pain.

It involves only a small patch that sits on your skin called Nanopatch.


It painlessly releases vaccines into the skin to prevent infectious diseases, bacterial infections and cancer.

David Hoey, Vaxxas, said: “It's all Australian, this is a world-class Australian innovation but this technology can improve vaccinations for millions and millions of people.”

For the past decade, Professor Mark Kendall and his research team at Queensland University have been developing and testing on animals.

Now is a critical turning point as Nanopatch's pioneer, Vaxxas, a small Biotechnology firm in Brisbane, has just raised $25million needed to advance it to the final stages before its available to the public.

Mr Hoey said: “We are on the cusp of a major transition which is doing the first tests on humans.”

Nanopatch uses one hundredth the dose of needle vaccines and it doesn't require refrigeration so transporting supplies around the world is easier, cheaper, more reliable and safer.

Professor Kendall said: “There's 17 million deaths a year due to infectious disease, most take place in the developing world where doctors and nurses are not available.

"There is the potential that the Nanopatch can be applied by the patient to him or herself.

“We're working as hard as we can to get this device out there as fast as possible in a safe and effective way.”

For more information log onto the Vaxxas website.

For more details contact CONTACTS:

Professor Mark Kendall

Founder, Chief Technical Officer, and Director

Vaxxas Pty Ltd

AIBN, Building 75

Cnr College Road & Old Cooper Road, The University of Queensland

Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia.