A Shot In The Arm For Sales?
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Nobody likes needles. In the age of AIDS, nurses and doctors want to give injections without the danger of accidents. And anything that does away with hypodermics would be welcomed by the nation's preschool set.
Bioject Inc. in Portland, Ore., thought it had the ideal solution. The eight-year-old company, which went public in 1988, had been test-marketing a product, the Biojector, on the West Coast since 1990. The handheld device uses compressed carbon dioxide to shoot vaccines through the skin, making injections quicker, safer, and less intimidating.