Pills That Deliver Injection-Only Drugs

Rani Therapeutics develops biologic pills.

Provide news feedback or report an error

Confidential tip?

Send a tip to our reporters

Site feedback:

Take our Survey

By Michelle Fay Cortez

April 21, 2016 at 7:20 PM UTC

This article is for subscribers only.

This article is part of the April 25, 2016 issue of businessweek.

Innovator: Mir Imran
Age: 59
Founder of Rani Therapeutics, based in San Jose

Form and function
Genetically engineered drugs known as biologics typically have to be injected rather than swallowed because their complex proteins break down in the stomach. Rani Therapeutics is developing a pill that will protect those proteins.