North Carolina specialty pharma company Inspire Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is cutting 27% of its workforce (65 jobs) after its denufosol inhalation solution for the treatment of cystic fibrosis failed a Phase 3 trial. The company says that it will drop pulmonary drug development altogether in order to focus on its opthalmic products. Read the company’s press release.
Inspire drops respiratory drug program after failure of CF drug
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