Florida-based startup Transpire Bio announced that it has signed an agreement with Recipharm for development of two inhaled candidates, TRB-1 and TRB-2, for the treatment of asthma and COPD. The company says that the two generic MDIs are “intended for advanced markets.”
Transpire CEO Xian-Ming Zeng said, “Our mission is to improve access to important, life-saving inhaled therapies, and to introduce new inhaled therapies to help address areas of significant unmet medical need. TRB-1 and TRB-2 are our first offerings in development which will help improve access for potentially millions of patients. We are very excited to be working with Recipharm to advance these important medicines.”
Recipharm Head of the Advanced Delivery Systems Business Unit Jean-Francois Hilaire commented, “Recipharm is very pleased to be leveraging its broad experience and expertise in developing and commercializing inhalation technologies and products in support of the development and advancement of Transpire Bio’s TRB-1 and TRB-2 respiratory products. We look forward to the collaboration.”
Read the Transpire Bio press release.
