Animal Welfare Institute

Fitzwater, A., Zhang, L. 2024. A cost-effective restraint method for safer subcutaneous scruff injections and reducing stress in mice and handlers. Laboratory Animal Science ...

Subcutaneous injection is a vital technique in mouse-based biomedical research. Compared to other injections, the subcutaneous method poses fewer technical challenges and reduces acute toxicity risks ...
WebMD

Subcutaneous Injections

Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...

Not just a pill, but a drug-delivery machine: Japan’s new peptide system may be about to change how hard-to-absorb therapies enter the body

Japan’s new peptide system could turn insulin into a pill, opening a breakthrough in drug delivery and diabetes treatment.
The American Journal of Managed Care

Will Subcutaneous PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors Be a Game Changer?

With Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) now rolling out the SC version of rival nivolumab (Opdivo Qvantig), the shift from 30-minute intravenous (IV) infusion to 5-minute SC injection could be one of the most ...