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Retrophin has announced that Turing Pharmaceuticals will pay $3 million up front for three of Retrophin’s products, including Syntocinon oxytocin nasal spray and ketamine. According to the company, the agreement includes the resignation of Retrophin… Read more . . .
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Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that the Striverdi Respimat olodaterol soft mist inhaler is now available in the United States. The FDA approved Striverdi Respimat for the treatment of COPD in July 2014. The company said… Read more . . .
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Teva Pharmaceutical has completed a strategic review of its core therapeutic areas and will focus its development efforts on central nervous system and respiratory drugs, the company has announced. According to the announcement, 14 drug… Read more . . .
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Savara Pharmaceuticals has announced the completion of enrollment in a Phase 2 trial of its AeroVanc vancomycin DPI for the treatment of for the treatment of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) lung infections in cystic fibrosis… Read more . . .
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Retrophin has announced that Stephen Aselage will take over as interim CEO immediately, replacing company founder and CEO Martin Shkreli. According to reports, Shkreli was fired for “stock trading irregularities” and other rules violations. Aselage… Read more . . .
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Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that it will spend over €100 million to increase production capacity for the Respimat inhaler at its Dortmund, Germany site to 44 million units per year. In addition, the company said,… Read more . . .
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According to Lightlake Therapeutics, an investor will receive a 0.98% interest in the company’s naloxone nasal spray for the treatment of opioid overdose for a $500,000 investment and a 1% interest in intranasal naloxone for… Read more . . .
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Discovery Laboratories has received a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for development of aerosolized KL4 surfactant for… Read more . . .
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Sunovion Pharmaceuticals has announced that it will sell “certain rights” to its Xopenex levalbuterol inhalation solution to Akorn for $45 million. Rights to the Xopenex HFA MDI are being retained by Sunovion. Akorn says that… Read more . . .
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Monash University will license technology related to inhaled oxytocin for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage to to GSK, the university and GSK have announced. Monash and GSK will collaborate on development through early clinical trials,… Read more . . .

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