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 Philips
Research is developing the intelligent pill “iPill” for
electronically controlled drug delivery. In addition to the
potential benefits of this new technology to improve patient
therapy, the iPill promises to be a valuable research tool
for the development of any new drug that is delivered via
the intestinal tract. The challenge for scientists at
Philips Research was to find a way of navigating a
drug-loaded pill capsule to the site of disease and then
releasing a metered amount of drug into the gut at that
location.
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