This novel technology has the potential to save health system costs in multiple disease areas by offering treatments that could reduce the number of interventions, including surgeries. It’s also a great example of translating science from a public university into practical applications for the benefit of patients, caregivers and society overall. I'm looking forward to working with the team at Otomagnetics as they work toward bringing this exciting technology to the market.

Ocular injections can be a stressful procedure for many patients suffering from sight threatening stressful conditions requiring on-going disease treatment. Otomagnetics is working hard to revolutionize how we deliver numerous treatments, including sight-saving drugs without the stress or potential complications associated with ocular injections. Using a magnetic device and a magnetic nanoparticle drug formulation Otomagnetics hopes to simplify ocular drug delivery in the near future by noninvasively “pushing” the drug particles to their target tissue. Myriad patients with conditions such as glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa will one day benefit from the ground breaking work that Otomagnetics is doing today.

Magnetic delivery of drugs could dramatically improve the care of children with ear conditions. It could avoid the need for surgery in kids with chronic/recurrent middle ear infections, and it could potentially preserve hearing in kids receiving ototoxic drugs or radiotherapy.