Business
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According to an FDA drug shortages report, the US shortage of sumatriptan nasal spray due to a shortage of active ingredient that was first reported in November 2015 should be completely resolved by February 2017.… Read more . . .
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Purdue Pharma Canada will pay up to $3 million Canadian to Medical Developments International Limited (MDI) for Canadian rights to MDI’s Penthrox methoxyflurane inhaler for the treatment of moderate to severe pain in trauma patients,… Read more . . .
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Orion Corporation has announced an agreement with Menarini Group to co-market its budesonide/formoterol Easyhaler DPI for the treatment of asthma and COPD in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Each company will market the budesonide/formoterol inhaler… Read more . . .
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Smartinhaler developer Adherium Limited has announced that Thomas Lynch has been appointed the company’s new Chairman and that Doug Wilson will step down from the board to take on the role of Medical Director on… Read more . . .
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Qualcomm Life have agreed to collaborate on development of a disposable wireless data sensor module for BI’s Respimat inhaler for COPD treatment. The sensor will connect with Qualcomm Life’s 2net platform. Qualcomm… Read more . . .
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Cannabis Science, which recently announced that it would introduce a THC/CBD product for use in nebulizers by asthma/COPD patients, now says that it plans to market a metered dose inhaler called the CBIS MDI Rescue… Read more . . .
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Arch Biopartners has announced that Catalent Inhalation will begin the process of manufacturing its AB569 bactericidal inhalation solution for use in trials of the drug in patients with antibiotic resistant lung infections. The process will… Read more . . .
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Windtree Therapeutics has received $1 million from a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) worth up to $2.6 million for a Phase 2b trial of its Aerosurf aerosolized KL4 surfactant in premature infants… Read more . . .
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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has acquired tobramycin inhalation solution from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries as part of the divestiture required by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before Teva could acquire Allergan’s generics business. Teva received FDA… Read more . . .
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Adamis Pharmaceuticals says that it has received additional US and European patents for the Taper dry powder inhaler, which the company acquired from 3M Drug Delivery Systems in 2013. In January 2015, Adamis announced that… 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


