Identical twins Eric and Evan Edwards both have severe food allergies and they have been developing a new type of epinephrine delivery system they call an EpiCard. They started their privately-held company, Intelliject, straight out of college with funding from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, institutional investors, friends and family and "angel" investors.
I had a chance to interview them via email about their allergies and their company.
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