Chemical and biological warfare experts develop new anti nerve gas patch
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Now, the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency has revealed plans to equip troops with a skin patch, similar to a smoker's patch, impregnated with new drugs, hyoscine and physostigmine. Dr Rick Hall, chief scientist at the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down, said the new drugs provided much more effective protection than existing NAPS tablets.
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