H&T Presspart and Hovione Technology have revealed their collaboration with Bilim Pharmaceuticals on a dry powder inhaler based on the PowdAir Plus device. H&T Presspart acquired global rights to the capsule based DPI device from Hovione Technology in 2017. According to the announcement, Bilim has launched the Ventofor Combi Fix budesonide/formoterol DPI for the treatment of asthma and COPD in Turkey.
Bilim Pharmaceuticals’s General Manager Okan Oncel commented, “It’s a great pleasure for us to launch our new product Ventofor Combi Fix with a close collaboration with esteemed companies H&T Presspart and Hovione Technology. As being one of the strong drivers of asthma and COPD treatment area, Ventofor Combi Fix is and will be an important part of our portfolio for this treatment area. We are confident that Ventofor Combi Fix will be a remarkable product in its market and crown all the outstanding efforts of the collaborators.”
H&T Presspart President Christian Kraetzig said, “We are very happy to see that Bilim Pharmaceuticals has selected the PowdAir Plus DPI for their launch of Ventofor Combi Fix. Due to the strong collaboration of Bilim Pharmaceuticals with Hovione Technology and H&T Presspart this milestone could be reached. The individual expertise in each of their fields has allowed us to develop a strong partnership in the design, development and manufacture of PowdAir Plus. We look forward to seeing Bilim Pharmaceuticals launch the product to the market and will continue to strongly support them with their inhalation strategy.”
Hovione Technology CEO Peter Villax added, “We are delighted to have started an inhalation collaboration with Bilim Pharmaceuticals, one of Turkey’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and that they selected our PowdAir Plus DPI to bring Ventofor Combi Fix to patients’ hands. We are also happy to continue our partnership with H&T Presspart, a master of large-scale industrialization and distribution, to turn our patented inhaler technology into a commercial ready product that is now globally available to pharmaceutical companies.”
Read the H&T Presspart and Hovione Technology press release.
