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Ocugen announced that it has acquired US, European, and Japanese rights to an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine developed at Washington University in St. Louis. In September 2020, Bharat Biotech announced that it had acquired rights to… Read more . . .
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According to Qnovia, which recently changed its name from Respira Technologies, the company has closed a $17 million Series A financing round led by Blue Ledge Capital, with the funds intended to support development of… Read more . . .
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RS BioTherapeutics, which recently announced positive results from a proof of concept study of its RSBT-001 semi-synthetic cannabidiolic acid (CBDa) in a mouse model, said that the company has raised $3 million in a Seed… Read more . . .
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CDMO and device maker Recipharm has joined the International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium on Regulation and Science (IPAC-RS) as a member, the company announced. Recipharm will be represented on the IPAC-RS Board by Head of Commercial… Read more . . .
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Startup Moat Biotechnology announced the initiation of a funding round led by Cortado Ventures that aims to raise up to $20 million for continued development of the company’s intranasal vaccine against COVID-19. According to the… Read more . . .
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The US Department of Justice has announced that Akorn will pay $7.9 million to settle a case related to submission of false claims to Medicare Part D after the company continued to sell three products,… Read more . . .
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Yale University spinout RIGImmune, which has been developing stemloop RNA (SLR) therapeutics, announced that it has acquired biotech Subintro, which has been working on antivirals for RNA virus-caused respiratory infections. The company will now develop… Read more . . .
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According to Tiziana Life Sciences, The ALS Association will award a Lawrence & Isabel Barnett Drug Development Program Grant to the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) for… Read more . . .
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Nebulizer developer Respira Technologies, which recently announced the appointment of Brian Quigley as CEO, has changed its name to “Qnovia,” the company said. No reason for the name change was announced, but the previous name… Read more . . .
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Illiad Biotechnologies has closed a $42.8 million financing round, the company said, with the funds intended to support a Phase 2b challenge study of the company’s BPZE1 intranasal pertussis vaccine as well as other development… Read more . . .
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