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Depomed has announced that it has paid $4 million for US and Canadian rights to Lazanda fentanyl nasal spray from Archimedes Pharma Limited. Lazanda was approved by the FDA for the treatment of breakthrough cancer… Read more . . .

Indian contract research and manufacturing company Kemwell Biopharma has acquired North Carolina-based CRO Cirrus Pharmaceuticals, which offers development services for inhaled and nasal drugs among other dosage forms. Cirrus also provides analytical services for OINDPs.… Read more . . .

Mylan has announced that the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia granted a Mylan motion for partial summary judgment and found that Teva’s generic formoterol fumarate inhalation solution infringes US… Read more . . .

Insmed Incorporated has announced a proposed underwritten public offering of $60 million of its common stock to fund continued clinical development, regulatory efforts, and commercialization of Arikace inhaled liposomal amikacin, its lead product. The company… Read more . . .

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a final judgment and order affirming the validity of five patents related to Mylan’s Perforomist formoterol fumarate inhalation solution and stating that… Read more . . .

According to multi-industry laboratory company Intertek, it has acquired OINDP testing specialist Melbourn Scientific. In its announcement, Intertek cites Melbourn’s “profound expertise in all aspects of characterization of orally inhaled and intra-nasal products (OINDP)” and… Read more . . .

According to RDD Online, the RDD China meeting scheduled to take place October 16-18, 2013 in Beijing has been cancelled due to “contractual problems which made it impossible for RDD to guarantee the quality of… Read more . . .

Avanir Pharmaceuticals has paid $20 million up front to OptiNose for an exclusive North American license for development and commercialization of OptiNose’s intranasal low-dose sumatriptan powder for the treatment of acute migraines. OptiNose could receive… Read more . . .

Jabil Circuit has announced the completion of its $665 million acquisition of contract plastics manufacturer Nypro, which makes dry powder inhalers and nasal spray pumps for pharmaceutical companies among other products. According to Jabil, it… Read more . . .

Zogenix has announced that it has reached an agreement with Valeant to begin selling Migranal dihydroergotamine mesylate nasal spray in the US beginning in late July 2013 and extending initially through the end of 2015.… Read more . . .