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OINDP testing specialist NextBreath has successfully completed an evaluation by the World Health Organization (WHO) Performance Quality System (PQS) as a testing facility for nasal spray vaccine administration. The company is now accredited to perform… Read more . . .
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Belgian biopharmaceutical company Ablynx has announced that Boehringer Ingelheim will extend funding for discovery, development, and commercialization of Ablynx’s Nanobody therapeutics for an additional two years, until September 2014. One of the Ablynx programs ALX-0171,… Read more . . .
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Meda has announced that its Astepro azelastine nasal spray for the treatment of allergic rhinitis has received registration approval in Europe through the centralized procedure and that it will now begin the national registration processes… Read more . . .
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A £3.1 million grant from the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) will fund a gene therapy study in which 130 children and adults with cystic fibrosis will… Read more . . .
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Novartis has launched its once-daily Arcapta Neohaler indacaterol inhalation powder 75 mcg for the maintenance treatment of COPD in the US. The FDA approved the indacaterol product at the 75 mcg level in July 2011… Read more . . .
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Belgian over the counter (OTC) specialist Omega Pharma has acquired several OTC products from GSK, including Beconase beclomethasone nasal spray. The deal, which also includes brands Lactacyd, Abtei, Solpadeine, Zantac, and Nytol totaled €470 million… Read more . . .
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AstraZeneca has entered into a multi-year agreement with Galapagos subsidiaries BioFocus and Argenta to collaborate on discovery of compounds for the treatment of respiratory and inflammatory diseases. The deal allows AstraZeneca the use of Argenta’s… Read more . . .
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Alexza Pharmaceuticals, whose lead product, Adasuve Staccato loxapine is under review by the FDA and the EMA, has reported a net loss of $40.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The company also… Read more . . .
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Nycomed says that it is now marketing its Omnaris ciclesonide nasal spray for the treatment of allergic rhinitis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The company, a subsidiary of Takeda, says that it will launch… Read more . . .
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The FDA has cleared Aradigm’s Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for a Phase 3 clinical trial of Pulmaquin dual release ciprofloxacin for inhalation in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. The Phase 3 program include two one-year placebo-controlled… Read more . . .
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