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Gerresheimer will spend €12m to add approximately 5,000 sq. meters to the plastics production area at its manufacturing facility in Horsovsky Tyn, Czech Republic. The plant produces medical plastic devices, including insulin pens and inhalers.… Read more . . .

According to news reports, Pfizer has reversed its position on the closure of its R&D facility at Sandwich, UK, saving 350 jobs. The company’s inhalation R&D group has operated out of Sandwich and had been… Read more . . .

The “Deep Draw Container Forming Method” developed by Mystic Pharmaceuticals for packaging of intranasal drugs for use with its VersiDoser and VRx2 intranasal delivery systems has been awarded US Patent No. 7,963,089. Both delivery systems… Read more . . .

After receiving written guidance from the FDA in late May, says Generex, it has revised its development program for its Oral-lyn buccal insulin spray. A reorganized medical/regulatory group within the company will focus its efforts… Read more . . .

The UK site where Pfizer has performed inhalation R&D is now on the market as “Discovery Park.” The company announced the closing of the site, which employed 2400 people, in February 2011. Although a representative… Read more . . .

According to Perrigo Company, which is partnered with Teva on a generic triamcinolone acetonide nasal spray, Teva has begun shipping the product. Perrigo developed the nasal spray, which is a generic equivalent of Sanofi’s Nasacort… Read more . . .

Dry powder inhalation drug developer Savara Pharmaceuticals has graduated from the Austin Techonology Incubator (ATI) Bioscience Incubator, according to ATI. Savara, which was founded in 2007, is preparing for Phase 1 trials of its lead… Read more . . .

GlaxoSmithKline plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Mississauga, Ontario, in part to enable production of Relenza zanamivir dry powder for inhalation. The expansion is expected to create 70 new jobs. GSK will contribute more… Read more . . .