December 2016
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Novi Systems has announced the launch of the DecaVision imaging module for its DecaVertus system, which can be configured for shake and fire testing of up to 10 pressurized metered dose inhalers at a time.… Read more . . .
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Results from the CLAIM study published online in Lancet Respiratory Medicine on February 21, 2018 show that COPD patients using Novartis’s Ultibro Breezhalerindacaterol/glycopyrronium DPI had significantly decreased lung hyperinflation and improved cardiac function after 14… Read more . . .
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HCmed has announced that a partnership with pharmaceutical company Pharos Indonesia has led to approval for its Deepro vibrating mesh nebulizer from the Indonesian National Drug and Food Control Agency (BPOM), and the companies will… Read more . . .
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AstraZeneca has announced that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has voted to recommend the use of FluMist Quadrivalent intranasal live Influenza vaccine for the 2018-19 flu… Read more . . .
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Lonza has announced the installation of a new Harro Hӧfliger Modu-C MS encapsulation unit at its product development and manufacturing facility in Tampa, FL. The company said that installation and validation of the unit are… Read more . . .
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent Number 9,895,385, titled “Methods for treating pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections” to Insmed Incorporated, the company said. According to Insmed, the patent is the 9th for… Read more . . .
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Molins PLC, the parent company of automated filling and packaging company Molins Technologies, has announced a name change to Mpac Group. All of the businesses in the group will now be joined into a single… Read more . . .
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The FDA has accepted Acorda Therapeutics’ revised NDA for Inbrija inhaled levodopa for the treatment of symptoms associated with OFF periods in Parkinson’s disease in patients taking carbidopa/levodopa, the company said. The PDUFA target date… Read more . . .
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GSK has voluntarily recalled one lot of Ventolin Diskus 200 μg salbutamol (albuterol) DPIs in Canada due to “a manufacturing issue that may result in a small number of Ventolin Diskus devices not delivering the… Read more . . .
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GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva have announced the submission of a type II variation application seeking expanded use for the Trelegy Ellipta fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) DPI for the treatment of COPD. Trelegy Ellipta was granted marketing authorization… Read more . . .
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