Many dry-powder inhalers are bulky, multi-component or difficult to use for single-dose emergency and specialty medicines.
R&D Focus
Single-dose dry-powder inhalers, breath activation and drug-device combinations.
Innovative Solution
A thin, credit-card-sized inhaler uses a protected membrane and airflow design to disperse one preloaded powder dose when the patient inhales.
Solution Effectiveness
The company reports performance comparable with leading multidose dry-powder inhalers and completion of clinical proof-of-concept work.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Seed
Total Funding Amount
$2.54 M
Last Funding Amount
$2.56 M
Last Funding Date
11/27/2023
Startup Stage
Early Stage
Lead Investors
Archangels, British Business Investments, Dr Yusuf Hamied
People
Founders
Don Smith
Lisa McMyn
CEO
Lisa McMyn
About
1inhaler makes a breath-activated, single-dose inhaler the size of a credit card
Products
Product
1nhaler single-dose dry-powder inhaler platform.
Star Product
1nhaler device, because its thin single-dose format is the company’s core product and licensing platform.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
Targeting pharmaceutical partners for respiratory, emergency and specialty medicines.
Investment Funding
Announced ÂŁ1.5 million in new funding for the next growth phase; earlier support included a ÂŁ2 million round and a ÂŁ765,000 Scottish Enterprise grant.
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Pharmaceutical companies: drug-device combination development and licensing programs.
Collab
Scottish Enterprise: development funding and commercialization support.
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