Calls for papers
-
Bend Research has announced the addition of a new stand-alone cGMP spray-drying facility for high potency drug development and manufacturing, including inhalation biotherapeutics. The company offers a range of development and particle engineering services for… Read more . . .
-
Daiichi Sankyo has announced positive Phase 3 results for its Inavir laninamivir octanoate hydrate dry powder inhaler as a prophylactic antiviral. According to the company, the study found that Inavir produced statistically significant reductions in… Read more . . .
-
A new research report titled “Global Markets for Asthma & COPD Drugs” from RnRMarketResearch.com projects that the global market for prescription asthma and COPD drugs will rise from almost $35 billion in 2011 to $38… Read more . . .
-
Florida-based Nephron Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is launching an over-the-counter racepinephrine inhalation solution delivered by a device called the EZ Breathe Atomizer. The product will be marketed as Asthmanefrin and is being promoted as… Read more . . .
-
Watson Pharmaceuticals has launched a generic levalbuterol inhalation solution, an authorized version of Sunovion’s Xopenex for the treatment of asthma. Shipments will begin immediately. The company cites IMS Health data saying that sales of Xopenex… Read more . . .
-
Astellas and AstraZeneca have announced the approval of Symbicort Turbuhaler for COPD. The budesonide/formoterol fumarate DPI has been available for the treatment of asthma in Japan since January 2010. The two companies entered an agreement… Read more . . .
-
According to a newspaper report, Novartis has confirmed that it will retain its respiratory disease research center in Horsham, UK, with 440 employees. The company will sell a portion of the site and plans to… Read more . . .
-
GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services has announced today that it is providing $7.5 million in financing to Trimel Pharmaceuticals for Phase 2 and 3 clinical development of several OINDPs. Trimel’s pipeline includes asthma and allergic… Read more . . .
-
Lightlake Therapeutics has announced what it called “very encouraging preliminary results” from a Phase 2 clinical trial of its naloxone nasal spray for the treatment of binge eating disorder. According to the company, the randomized,… Read more . . .
-
Israeli biopharmaceutical company Kamada will receive milestone payments of $60 million as part of a 12-year distribution agreement with Chiesi Farmaceutici for Kamada’s inhaled alpha-1 antitrypsin for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD-IH). Chiesi… Read more . . .

Upcoming Events
Sponsored by Intertek
Want information about upcoming OINDP-related events delivered directly to your inbox? click here
October 21-October 22: MVIC Symposium, Lund, Sweden
November 10-November 11: Rescon Europe 2026, Porto, Portugal
December 9-December 11: DDL 2026, Edinburgh, Scotland

