August 2012
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Inhaled drug developer Savara Pharmaceuticals has announced the appointment of former Edgemont Pharmaceuticals CFO David L. Lowrance as its new Chief Financial Officer. Savara cited Lowrance’s experience leading IPOs for Acucela, where he was CFO… Read more . . .
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Arch Biopartners has announced that Dr. Ralph Panos of the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CVAMC) will prepare a protocol for human trials of the company’s AB569 inhaled bactericide and will subsequently prepare an application… Read more . . .
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Upsher-Smith Laboratories has presented data from a Phase 1 study of its USL261 midazolam nasal spray in children with epilepsy demonstrating that the median Tmax for 1.25 mg, 2.5 mg and 5 mg single doses… Read more . . .
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Fierce Pharma has published a copy of a citizen petition filed by Sandoz that challenges the FDA’s recommendations for establishing bioequivalence for generic copies of Advair Diskus 100/50. The FDA published the draft guidance for… Read more . . .
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A new animation from Copley Scientific shows how the standard compendial set-up for cascade impaction can be enhanced to ensure that data generated in the lab (in vitro) is as representative as possible of what… Read more . . .
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The 27th Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) meeting expects a record number of delegates and exhibitors when the meeting returns to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre December 7-9. And, organizers say, being able to… Read more . . .
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Windtree Therapeutics has announced that a lung deposition study in cynomolgus macaques showed that its proprietary aerosol delivery system (ADS) delivered KL4 surfactant uniformly to all regions of the lung. The ADS is being developed… Read more . . .
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Eurocine Vaccines has started a Phase 1/2 clinical study of its Immunose FLU intranasal quadrivalent influenza vaccine, which uses the company’s Endocine adjuvent and inactivated split antigens, the company said. Results should be available in… Read more . . .
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The FDA’s Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee (BRUDAC) has voted to recommend approval of Allergan’s SER120 desmopressin nasal spray for the treatment of nocturia (needing to wake up to urinate at night) in… Read more . . .
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted SmartInhaler maker Adherium Limited US Patent No. 9,468,729, titled “Releasable monitor with optical dose counter for a medicament inhaler, the company announced, saying that, “This patent… Read more . . .
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