Business

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced an €85 million expansion to the BI microParts GmbH inhaler manufacturing facililty in Dortmund, Germany meant to double its annual production of Respimat inhalers to 44 million by 2015. Filling of… Read more . . .

According to the Associated Press, GlaxoSmithKline is extending its “Complete the Cycle” inhaler recycling program to 31 US cities, which were chosen because they account for about a third of all inhaler sales in the… Read more . . .

On October 17, MannKind Corporation announced a plan to sell 40,000,000 shares of its common stock, plus warrants to purchase up to 30,000,000 shares, in a public offering, which it said may or may not… Read more . . .

Market research firm Frost & Sullivan is presenting its 2012 Global Enabling Technology Award to Alexza Pharmaceuticals for its Staccato thermal vaporization inhaler platform. The award is designed to recognize a company for “developing a… Read more . . .

Contract manufacturer PharmaForm, a subsidiary of Akela Pharma, has announced plans to move from Austin, TX to the San Diego, CA area. The company offers formulation and manufacturing services for numerous dosage forms, including nasal… Read more . . .

The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a development and commercialization agreement with Epiomed Therapeutics for intranasal scopolamine. The nasal spray for the treatment of motion sickness is also called INSCOP.… Read more . . .

Fresenius Kabi has announced the availability of 30 ml vials acetylcysteine inhalation solution, 20%, helping to alleviate a shortage of the product in the US. The company is marketing the inhalation solution in the US… Read more . . .