And when the film was dry, at least, it also physically blocked the mosquitoes from plunging their tiny hypodermic needles into the prospective victim.
Novo and Eli Lilly have both tried over the years to downplay the stigma behind subcutaneous injections by bundling the needle and medication into preloaded pens.
This is a subcutaneous once a month drug that works upstream of osteoblasts to increase bone formation and to a lesser extent, inhibit bone resorption.