Microneedles in clinical practice--an exploratory study into the opinions of healthcare professionals and the public.

Purpose: Microneedles are being developed to administer vaccines and therapeutics to and through skin. To date there has been no qualitative or quantitative research into public and health professionals' views on this new delivery technique.

Methods: Focus groups (n=7) comprising public and healthcare professionals were convened to capture the perceived advantages for, and concerns with, microneedles.