August 2012
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Skyepharma has reported that in-market sales of the flutiform fluticasone/formoterol MDI for the first 6 months of 2015 have totaled €65.1 million, up from €28.4 million in the first half of 2014, and the directors… Read more . . .
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Raptor Pharmaceutical Co. plans to launch Quinsair inhaled levofloxacin inhalation solution in Europe and Canada by mid-2016, the company said after announcing that it has agreed to pay Tripex Pharmaceuticals $68.4 million upfront and up… Read more . . .
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Boehringer Ingelheim has published new data from the two OTEMTO Phase 3b trials of the Stiolto/Spiolto Respimat tiotropium/olodaterol SMI for the treatment of COPD. The data show that the inhaler produced clinically meaningful improvements in… Read more . . .
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Cirrus Pharmaceuticals announced that it has hired Andrew Hamer as VP R&D. Hamer was most recently Senior Director of R&D Operations at GSK’s dermatology subsidiary Stiefel. He also has experience in OINDP development at Cardinal,… Read more . . .
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MannKind Corporation has announced the appointment of former Mylan CMO Raymond Urbanski as its Chief Medical Officer. Urbanski has also held positions at Metabolix, Pfizer, and Suntory, with experience in drug development for oncology, rheumatology,… Read more . . .
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According to an update from Pulmatrix, the company has enough capital to fund development of its inhaled drug portfolio through the middle of 2017, and its plans over the next year and a half include… Read more . . .
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Novartis Healthcare Private Limited has announced the launch of the Sequadra indacaterol/glycopyrronium (110mcg/50mcg) DPI for the treatment of COPD in India. Novartis’s indacaterol/glycopyrronium DPI is marketed in Europe and Japan as Ultibro Breezhaler. Novartis filed… Read more . . .
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Cipla has announced that it will launch the Synchrobreathe breath-actuated inhaler, which the company says requires low inspiratory flow to actuate, by the end of 2015. Company executives discussed the new inhaler at the 2015… Read more . . .
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Turing Pharmaceuticals, which is developing intranasal oxytocin for several indications has announced the completion of $90 million Series A financing round led by its Founder and CEO, Martin Shkreli. According to Turing, “the financing included… Read more . . .
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GSK and Theravance, Inc. have announced that the Breo Ellipta fluticasone furoate/vilanterol DPI has been approved in Canada in 100/25 mcg and 200/25 mcg versions for the treatment of asthma in patients aged 18 years… Read more . . .
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