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No More Needles

IN CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF NASA ASTRONAUTS LANDING on the moon, Newsweek is spotlighting pioneers in science and technology, highlighting their very own moonshots and how they hope to change the world.

Inventor and medical researcher Dr. Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji has ditched bulky EpiPens and needles to create a groundbreaking delivery method for life-saving medication. His epinephrine tablet could be revolutionary for the estimated 240 million people suffering from food allergies worldwide. Epinephrine is the only effective treatment for anaphylaxis from food allergies, but it needs to be administered fast and

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