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Lupin Limited has officially opened its new Center of Excellence for Inhalation Research in Coral Springs, Florida with a ceremony officials from the city and the state of Florida. The new center will employ 45… Read more . . .

According to a spokesperson for GlaxoSmithKline, GSK is aiming to hire a total of 100 employees in 2015 and another 30-40 employees in 2016 for a new DPI assembly line at its Zebulon, NC manufacturing… Read more . . .

New Zealand-based Smartinhaler maker Adherium (formerly Nexus6) is looking to raise a minimum of A$20 million (~ US$14.7 million) up to a maximum of A$35 million (~US25.7 million) through an initial public offering on the… Read more . . .

Discovery Laboratories has announced the completion of a public offering that raised over $40 million as well as the receipt of a $1 million supplement from a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant… Read more . . .

Moerae Matrix has initiated a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge study of its MMI-0100 inhaled MAPKAP kinase 2 (MK2) inhibitor to evaluate its safety and tolerability in smokers, the company said. Moerae is developing MMI-0100 as a… Read more . . .

Inhaled vaccine developer Ansun BioPharma, formerly NexBio, has announced that the US Attorney’s office investigation of misconduct by the company’s former CEO and CFO has been dismissed. As part of that investigation, the US Federal… Read more . . .

Hovione and Invion will partner on the development of Invion’s INV104 zafirlukast DPI for the treatment of asthma, the companies have announced. Hovione will provide the device as well as particle engineering, formulation, and manufacturing… Read more . . .

The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued Pulmatrix two new patents, US Patent No. 8,992,983, “Respirably dry powder comprising calcium lactate, sodium chloride and leucine” and US Patent No. 9,061,352, “Dry powder formulations and… Read more . . .