20100324469 | DRUG PRODUCT, A METHOD OF ADMINISTRATING A VACCINE USING THE DRUG PRODUCT, AND AN APPARATUS FOR IONTOPHORESIS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus capable of noninvasively administrating vaccine through the skin, and thereby making the immune response activate. A drug product according to the present invention is characterized in that the drug product has a support medium, an electrode formed on the support medium and protected partly by an insulating material for avoiding a direct cutaneous contact, a vaccine containing layer for containing a vaccine, wherein the vaccine is an antigen for inducing an immune suppression protein. A method of administrating a vaccine according to the present invention is characterized in that the vaccine is administrated by the iontophoresis using the drug product according to the drug product of the present invention as an electrode. An apparatus for the iontophoresis according to the present invention is characterized in that the drug product according to the present invention is used as an electrode. | 12-23-2010 |