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Drug Delivery

Drug delivery company Cage Bio launches to harness ionic liquids

by Megha Satyanarayana
February 26, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 7

 

Cage Bio, a drug delivery company that focuses on ionic liquids, has launched with $7.2 million in series A funding. The company will use the funds to continue developing a product to treat papulopustular rosacea, a skin disease. Ionic liquids are salts with poorly coordinated ions, which allows them to be liquid at room temperature. Cage says ionic liquids can be used instead of organic solvents to deliver drugs through the skin.

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