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Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare says that Rhinocort budesonide nasal spray is now available over the counter in the US for the treatment of allergic rhinitis. McNeil acquired the OTC rights to AstraZeneca’s… Read more . . .

Egalet Corporation has announced that it has partnered with Septodont, Inc. to promote Sprix ketorolac tromethamine nasal spray to US dentists. Septodont will pay Egalet an undisclosed licensing fee up front, sales-based milestones and a… Read more . . .

MannKind Corporation held an investor call on February 3, 2016 in which CEO Matt Pfeffer said that the company might co-promote Afrezza inhaled insulin with a partner or partners after Sanofi returns the rights, but… Read more . . .

Spiriva Respimat is now available in US pharmacies for the treatment of asthma, Boehringer Ingelheim has announced. The FDA approved Spiriva Respimat for the treatment of asthma in patients aged 12 and older in September… Read more . . .

OptiNose has been selected by the Research Council of Norway for a grant of up to NOK 15.9 million ($1.8 million) to study intranasal delivery of Orexin-A for the treatment of narcolepsy. The grant is… Read more . . .

Skyepharma has announced agreements with Sanofi and Mundipharma that will transfer Mexican, Central American, and South American development, licensing and marketing rights for the Flutiform fluticasone/formoterol MDI to Mundipharma. Sanofi will continue to manufacture Flutiform… Read more . . .

Dutch intranasal vaccine developer Mucosis has received €3.7 million from the Wellcome Trust for clinical development of its SynGEM intranasal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, the company said. The money will be used to fund… Read more . . .

MannKind Corporation has announced an agreement to develop “multiple inhaled therapeutic products” with a company called Receptor Life Sciences, described as a “newly formed entity.” MannKind says that Receptor will license MannKind’s manufacturing technology and… Read more . . .

Theravance, Inc, which spun off from Theravance Biopharma in 2013, will now be known as “Innoviva” and will trade on NASDAQ under the symbol “INVA,” the company said. Innoviva is partnered with GSK on the… Read more . . .