January 2025 – Portal Instruments, a leader in innovative drug delivery technology, recently announced the launch of PRIME Nexus, a cutting-edge reusable electronic injector designed to enhance the administration of injectable medications while helping partners meet their sustainability goals.
November 2024, Cambridge, MA – Seasoned drug delivery executive, Steven Kaufman, to join Portal Instruments as their Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to joining Portal Instruments in November 2024, Steven held executive positions at Stevanato Group, Bespak and SHL Medical.
October 2024 - Portal presented the poster "Addressing the Challenges of Highly Viscous Formulations Using a Needle-Free Technology" at the The PDA Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices Conference in Arizona.
October 2024 - At the Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery (PODD) conference, Robert Hidalgo showcased Portal Instrument's latest advancements on its reusable, electro-mechanical drug delivery platform.
September 2024 - Portal Instruments welcomes Matt Regan to its Board of Directors. Regan has held extensive leadership roles for prominent pharmaceutical companies such as Abbvie, Novo Nordisk and Micreos.
August 29, 2024 - Patrick Anquetil talks with Ryan Cote on the Manufacturer's Mindset Podcast. They discuss insights, challenges, and the lessons learned on the journey of revolutionizing needle-free injections at Portal Instruments.
March 2024 - Portal Instruments is pleased to be returning to Dana Point, California to share its drug delivery technology with investors and other emerging medtech companies at LSI USA '24. Patrick Anquetil, CEO, will be presenting the updates.
November 21, 2023 - Patrick Anquetil, CEO of Portal Instruments, takes the stage at LSI's 2023 Emerging MedTech Summit in Dana Point, California. Tune in to the recorded session to hear Dr. Anquetil dive into the innovative world of of needle-free and Portal's groundbreaking needle-free technology.
October 1, 2023 - In a special feature by Drug Development and Delivery, Dr. Anquetil, PHD, MBA, CEO and Founder of Portal Instruments, explains how PRIME not only prioritizes patient comfort and compliance but also aligns with environmental sustainability.
June 7, 2023 Cambridge, MA – Portal Instruments is pleased to announce that Bill Rich has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Rich is a seasoned executive with vast leadership experience in biotechnology, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.
September 28, 2022 - According to the CDC, nurses are affected by needle stick injuries more than any other single professional group. We sat down with a nurse to discuss instances of needle stick injuries.
June 30, 2022 - Logan Merrill has taken testosterone injections for 6 years. In this piece, Logan talks about his transition and the process of taking his injections. This blog was written by Logan Merrill for Portal Instruments. All opinions and experiences shared are entirely his own.
May 10, 2022 - Portal Instruments has been featured in Fierce Pharma. "Gerresheimer invests in Portal's needle-free drug delivery, teeing Takeda partner up to advance tech", showcases Gerresheimer's agreement with Portal to support the development of the needle-free drug delivery platform.
May 9, 2022 - Gerresheimer AG, a leading provider of drug delivery systems, is expanding its portfolio of highly innovative platform technologies for drug delivery, today announcing an investment into US-based Portal Instruments.
January 18, 2022 - Despite recent innovations, like the launch in Europe of the first electromechanical reusable and connected auto-injector (UCB’s CIMZIA ava Connect® in early 2021), almost all new biologic drugs are launched with specific and undifferentiated self-injection options...
December 21, 2021 - In the consumer tech world, iterations happen very fast, though most inventions are not ‘one and done’ masterpieces: the Dyson cyclone vacuum cleaner made 5,127 prototypes. In the medical device world, development takes longer.
November 2, 2021 - Jody was diagnosed with Scleritis, a serious eye disease that is often associated with an underlying autoimmune disorder. Fast forward to today, Jody has started taking weekly injections to ease her symptoms. We sat down with Jody to hear about her first at home injection.
September 28, 2021 - Cambridge, MA Portal Instruments, developer of the PRIME needle-free drug delivery platform, announced that a new clinical study demonstrating patient preference for PRIME needle-free injections was published this month in the journal Drug Delivery.
September 2021 - Patrick Anquetil sat down with ASAP Biopharma ahead of his keynote "Alliance Managers Are Bringing Digital Health Innovation" which is slated for 10:20 a.m. EDT on September 28th. The keynote will be followed by a Q&A session.
July 2021 - The world we live in and the technology we use are rapidly evolving. But, when it comes to drug delivery methods, the 160-year old technology behind the needle and syringe has yet to catch wind of any radical transformation.
July 2021 - Many undergraduate students get the opportunity to complete a summer internship. Some participate in a Co-Op; a 6-month long internship where students are able to fully immerse themselves in a full-time employment position to better understand their place in the workspace.
June 30, 2021 - The National Transgender Discrimination Survey Report on Health and Health Care recorded at least 80% of transgender people have either taken gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) or want to take GAHT at some point.¹
June 2021 - Needles are a 150-year-old technology. The world around us is rapidly evolving but drug delivery has not made the same technological strides that other medical devices have. Portal Instruments is looking to change that with a highly innovative needle-free drug delivery injector.
April 2021 - In the US, approximately 12% of women age 15 to 44 have trouble getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term.¹ To honor National Infertility Week we sat down with Myra, an infertility nurse to talk about the hardships and joys associated with infertility treatment.
March 2021 - With the COVID-19 vaccine becoming more readily available, there is the outstanding question of how many people will get vaccinated and will it be enough to help society as a whole achieve herd immunity.
March 23, 2021 - Cambridge, MA The Sumaira Foundation for NMO (TSF) and Portal Instruments are pleased to announce their partnership. Portal Instruments and TSF share a joint vision of creating a better experience and improved treatment options for patients diagnosed with NMOSD.
October 29, 2020 - Patrick Anquetil, CEO Portal Instruments, demos Portal’s needle-free injector, shares his perspective on being an entrepreneur and discusses Portal’s opportunities during COVID with Radio Entrepreneurs host Jeffrey Davis.
September 8, 2020 - Portal Instruments was founded with the goal to completely disrupt how injections are given and to replace the needle and syringe with a modern, convenient and safe technology. Our Vision is a Needle-Free World.
July 2020 - Portal Instruments has been selected as a finalist for the 2020 New England Innovation Awards. The Massachusetts Innovation Network is pleased to announce the 25 finalists of the Annual New England Innovation Awards, the oldest and longest-running innovation program in New England.
March 27th, 2020 Portal’s mission is to improve the experience for patients on life-changing therapies and that mission remains in the forefront of our minds as we, like everyone else, navigate these unchartered waters with the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 2020 - Portal Instruments was pleased to welcome Ali Ward and team from CBS’s Innovation Nation to show them Portal’s needle-free injector. The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation is “a weekly Saturday morning show on CBS that showcases present-day change-makers from all over the world.
February 11, 2020 - Gerresheimer recently published an article describing Portal Instrument’s innovative primary drug container which is used in Portal’s needle-free drug delivery platform. Read the full pdf article here.
December 2019 - Jay Sparks, host of Finding Unique Value podcast, chats with Dr. Anquetil about how he has leveraged his unique science and business background to create value and solve an unmet need with potential to help millions of people.
October 2019 - Drug development is a costly, long, and uncertain endeavor. The cost of taking a drug from preclinical research through market approval is $2.6 billion according to a recent study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.
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