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The Grünenthal Group will acquire rights to all dosage forms of Zomig zolmitriptan for the treatment of migraines and cluster headaches, including Zomig nasal spray, from AstraZeneca for $200 million up front plus up to… Read more . . .

Egalet Corporation has announced that Ascend Therapeutics will begin co-promoting Egalet’s Sprix ketorolac tromethamine nasal spray to women’s healthcare practitioners in the US in the third quarter of 2017 and will continue for at least… Read more . . .

US grocer Albertsons will begin selling Lupin’s InspiraChamber antistatic valved holding chamber exclusively in more than 1,700 pharmacies in 35 US states, Lupin has announced. The InspiraChamber spacer can be used with one of several… Read more . . .

Horizon Pharma has agreed to sell Raptor Pharmaceuticals, which owns the rights to Quinsair levofloxacin inhalation solution in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, to Chiesi Farmaceutici for $70 million and potential sales-based milestone payments,… Read more . . .

Windtree Therapeutics has received $900,000 from a Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) grant for Phase 2b trial of Aerosurf aerosolized KL4 surfactant in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who are receiving nasal… Read more . . .

Pharmaxis has announced that Chiesi Farmaceutici will take over marketing and distribution of Bronchitol mannitol DPI in Italy. Bronchitol has been approved in the EU for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients 18 years… Read more . . .

Pulmatrix has announced the receipt of US patent No. 9,642,798, titled “Monovalent metal cation dry powders for inhalation,” which covers its PUR0200 dry powder formulation of tiotropium bromide for the treatment of COPD. In July… Read more . . .

According to intranasal drug developer OptiNose, the company has raised $37 million in a Series D financing round led by Fidelity Management and Research Company. The company said that it plans to use the money… Read more . . .

Innovus Pharmaceuticals will launch a fluticasone propionate nasal spray under the brand name FlutiCare in the US by the end of 2017 after acquiring rights to the product from West-Ward Pharmaceuticals International Limited (WWPIL). The… Read more . . .