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According to VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, a Phase I clinical trial of its VTX-1463 nasal spray for the treatment of allergic rhinitis demonstrated that once-weekly administration of the drug produced a significantly greater reduction in total nasal… Read more . . .
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Pfizer says that it is "reviewing strategic alternatives" for its Capsugel business and that divestiture is an option. Capsugel manufactures capsules, including Vcaps hypromellose capsules for inhalation applications, and the Xcelodose powder dispensing system. 2009… Read more . . .
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US eye care company ISTA Pharmaceuticals announced plans to file an investigational new drug (IND) application with the FDA for its bepotastine besilate nasal spray for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis by the end… Read more . . .
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US biotech company Generex has announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has granted its patent titled "Pharmaceutical Compositions for Buccal and Pulmonary Application." Generex develops formulations for buccal delivery using its RapidMist metered dose… Read more . . .
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Shareholders of pharma companies Biovail and Valeant voted to approve their merger, and the new company is now called Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. Valeant markets Migranal dihydroergotamine nasal spray in the US, and Biovail had been… Read more . . .
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According to Stirling Products, the company is in discussions with several major pharmaceutical companies about partnerships on products using its patented high density aerosol (HDA) device. The company says that its ultrasound-based HDA technology produces… Read more . . .
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The European Commission’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval of Novartis’s TOBI Podhaler tobramycin inhalation powder for the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Novartis submitted the… Read more . . .
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Dutch vaccine developer Mucosis has announced that John Lambert has been elected as the new chairman of its supervisory board. Mucosis is developing vaccines based on particles created from inactivated Lactococcus lactis bacteria, including its… Read more . . .
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GlaxoSmithKline has announced that the Relovair fluticasone furoate/vilanterol trifenatate DPI it is developing with Theravance showed good results in a Phase II study involving 60 COPD patients. Studies of the component drugs for asthma also… Read more . . .
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Automation company RTS Life Science has formed a new team comprised of US and UK engineering and sales personnel. The move comes after the recent acquisition of a Massacheusetts company and the opening of a… Read more . . .
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