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According to Hikma Pharmaceuticals, the company has signed a licensing and distribution agreement with Orion Corporation for marketing rights to a budesonide/formoterol Easyhaler DPI for the treatment of asthma and COPD throughout the Middle East… Read more . . .

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Insmed Incorporated US Patent Number 9,566,234, titled, “Systems for treating pulmonary infections,” the company said. The patent’s claims relate to the use of Insmed’s Arikayce… Read more . . .

According to Medical Developments International (MVP), Mundipharma has launched the company’s Penthrox methoxyflurane inhaler for or the treatment of moderate to severe pain in trauma patients in France and Belgium, triggering a milestone payment of… Read more . . .

GSK Consumer Healthcare has announced the US launch of Flonase Sensimist fluticasone furoate nasal spray for the once-daily treatment of seasonal and perennial allergy symptoms. The FDA approved Flonase Sensimist, an over-the-counter version of Veramyst,… Read more . . .

Bangladeshi generics company Beximco Pharmaceuticals announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Malaysian pharma company BioCare and said that the first joint project, an MDI manufacturing facility in Seri Iskandar Pharmaceutical Park,… Read more . . .

Inhaled drug developer Pulmatrix has announced an agreement to sell approximately 2 million shares of its common stock to institutional investors at $2.50 per share in a registered direct offering expected to generate net proceeds… Read more . . .

Altimmune, which is developing intranasal vaccines against influenza and anthrax, is set to merge with vaccine developer PharmAthene, the companies have announced. Altimmune will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of PharmAthene subject to stockholder approval of… Read more . . .