Med-eez, Inc.

Study Finds Pills Coated in Innovative Med-eez Shell Significantly Easier to Swallow

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 1st, 2009

Test subjects in Chicago and San Diego overwhelmingly rated pills overlaid with a patented hydrophilic coating developed by Med-eez far easier to swallow than pills with a standard coating. The difference was so noticeable that most subjects indicated a willingness to pay more for pills with the “easy to swallow” coating.

The study, conducted by the Angell Research Group, was performed in September/October 2008 among a randomly selected cross-section of several hundred adults between the ages of 21 and 75. Close to two-thirds (62%) of these subjects described themselves as “frequently or occasionally having difficulties swallowing medications.”

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