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US biopharm Esperion will pay $75 million in cash up front and up to $180 million in milestone payments to acquire Corstasis Therapeutics and its Enbumyst bumetanide nasal spray, the companies said. The deal also… Read more . . .
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According to Pulmatrix, Cullgen has terminated the 2024 merger agreement between the companies. Pulmatrix said that it would In December 2025, Pulmatrix and Cullgen announced that Chinese authorities had still not approved the merger, and… Read more . . .
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A consortium called NOFLU has received €13 million from the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) under the EU4Health program to support development of an intranasal vaccine against influenza. The NOFLU consortium consists of… Read more . . .
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Iconovo announced that it has signed a letter of intent with CDMO Lonza related to development of spray dried formulation of inhaled biologics. The companies announced in January 2025 that Lonza would develop spray dried… Read more . . .
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UK-based Essential Pharma announced that it has acquired the rights to market Bayer’s Ventavis iloprost trometamol inhalation solution for the treatment of primary pulmonary hypertension in all markets except for the US and Russia. Essential… Read more . . .
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Iliad Biotechnologies announced that it has raised $115 million in a Series B financing to support continued development of the company’s BPZE1 intranasal vaccine against pertussis (whooping cough). The company said that it intends to… Read more . . .
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Israeli psychedelic drug developer Clearmind Medicine has signed an agreement with Polyrizon for development of an intranasal formulation of Clearmind’s 5‑methoxy‑2‑aminoindane (MEAI) based on Polyrizon’s intranasal hydrogel technology, the companies said. According to Clearmind, MEAI… Read more . . .
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Milestone Pharmaceuticals’ Cardamyst etripamil nasal spray is now available in US pharmacies, and a national sales campaign is expected to begin within the next few weeks, the company said. The FDA approved Cardamyst for the… Read more . . .
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US-based OINDP instrument and testing specialist Proveris Scientific has been acquired by Investindustrial, which describes itself as “one of Europe’s leading independent investment groups focused on taking majority or control positions, in quality leading mid-market companies.”… Read more . . .
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Frazier Life Sciences has launched a new company called AirNexis Therapeutics, which will develop inhaled suspension and dry powder formulations of HSK39004, a dual PDE3/4 inhibitor for the treatment of COPD that it has licensed… Read more . . .
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September 15-September 18: DDL New Researcher Network Summer Event, London, UK
September 16-September 17: IPAC-RS 2026 Nasal Innovation Forum, Jersey City, NJ, USA
September 24-September 25: Inhaled & Nasal Biologics | DNA Forum, Cambridge, UK
October 14-October 15: Advancing Bioequivalence Frameworks for Inhalation and Nasal Drug Products: Optimizing In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Methods, Rockville, MD, USA
October 19-October 20: MVIC Autumn Training 2026, Lund, Sweden