Drug Delivery
In 1989 Fuisz started Fuisz Technologies to produced a quick dissolve tablet for drug delivery. A spin-off of Fuisz Technologies, RXdrugstore.com was created by Fuisz and had notables such as Rahm Emanuel on the board.
He also created the CEFORM encapsulation technology for taste masking and controlled release. Biovail purchase Fuisz Technologies in late 1999.
Fuisz formed Kosmos Pharma, a thin film drug delivery company. Kosmos Pharma was acquired by MonoSol Rx.
In addition to drug delivery, Fuisz has actively invented other, new medical technologies such as the remotely adjustable stent and a liquid used in the place of water to take conventional medicine tablets. Fuisz holds software patents relating to e-commerce and electronic mail.
Fuisz holds over 200 patents, including 90 U.S. patents in technology. He endowed the Richard and Lorraine Fuisz Library at Moravian Academy.
He also funded the Fuisz Scholarship fund, also at Moravian Academy, to benefit students of Slovenian ancestry. He serves on the Board of Regents for Georgetown University.
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