December 2016
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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has issued a statement detailing steps that the agency is taking to encourage development of an over the counter naloxone nasal spray, including the publication of a model drug facts label… Read more . . .
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Dance Biopharm, which is developing an insulin soft mist inhaler, has named Melissa Rhodes as Chief Development Officer and Michael Kaseta as its new Chief Financial Officer. The company said that former CFO Don Huffman… Read more . . .
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Inhaler filling experts Harro Höfliger have announced a number of management changes after the retirement of its founder, Harro Höfliger, who has been succeeded by his son, Markus Höfliger as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.… Read more . . .
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MannKind Corporation has announced that it will offer Afrezza inhaled insulin directly to diabetes patients in the US and is also introducing a savings card program for US patients with commercial insurance . The direct… Read more . . .
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US-based StellaPharma has announced that it will acquire G2B Pharma (G2B) and its dry powder nasal formulation of epinephrine for the treatment of anaphylaxis. According to a 2014 press release, G2B had licensed SNBL’s nasal… Read more . . .
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Nanoform, which recently announced construction of a new GMP manufacturing facility in Helsinki, has announced the appointment of Niklas Sandler as Chief Technology Officer. Sandler was most recently Vice Rector responsible for Research Affairs and… Read more . . .
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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals will receive an upfront payment, milestones, and royalties from Yuhan Corporation as part of a deal that gives Yuhan rights to commercialize Ryaltris olopatadine hydrochloride/mometasone furoate nasal spray for the treatment of seasonal… Read more . . .
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According to Verona Pharma, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the name “ensifentrine” as the international non-proprietary name for the company’s RPL554 inhaled PDE3/PDE4 inhibitor, which is in development as both an MDI and… Read more . . .
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Insys Therapeutics said that a dose finding study of its epinephrine nasal spray that enrolled 49 healthy volunteers demonstrated that one of two doses of the nasal spray tested had a PK profile comparable to… Read more . . .
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Evoke Pharma said that it has signed a deal with Novos Growth Partners (NGP) for commercialization of its Gimoti metoclopramide nasal spray for the treatment of acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis in adult women. Evoke’s… Read more . . .
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