News

  • According to GlaxoSmithKline, the company has submited a new drug application (NDA) to the US FDA for a once-daily fluticasone furoate (FF) dry powder inhaler for the treatment of asthma. The NDA is for 100mcg… Read more . . .

  • Alexza Pharmaceuticals and Grupo Ferrer have launched Adasuve loxapine inhalation powder for the treatment of agitation in schizophrenic patients in Austria, the companies said. Ferrer is working with Vienna-based AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals to commercialize Adasuve… Read more . . .

  • Acacia Research has announced a settlement in its patent infringement suit against AstraZeneca. The suit, Accuhale vs. AstraZeneca, was filed in December 2011, shortly after Acacia announced that it had acquired patents for inhaler technology… Read more . . .

  • Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) 24 will take place December 11-13 2013 in the recently expanded Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), and organizers from the Aerosol Society say that they are eager to make… Read more . . .

  • Submit poster abstracts for RDD 2014 by January 10, 2014 http://www.rddonline.com/rdd/poster_reg.php?id=9. For complete details and instructions, see http://www.rddonline.com/rdd/rdd.php?id=9&sid=4&sub=272. Read more . . .

  • Florida-based Puget Technologies has announced that its subsidiary Cannabis Biotech has initiated a research project to develop an intranasal formulation of cannabinoids, saying that the “project is targeted towards those who desire the benefits of… Read more . . .

  • Aerosol component and filling specialist Coster has announced that it will develop and construct a 150 can/minute MDI filling line for Catalent Pharma Solutions’s Inhalation Center of Excellence in Research Triangle Park, NC. Catalent announced… Read more . . .

  • Boehringer Ingelheim has announced the approval of Striverdi Respimat olodaterol SMI for the treatment of COPD in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Iceland, noting that additional approvals in EU countries “will follow in due course.”… Read more . . .

  • Discovery Laboratories has submitted an investigational new drug (IND) application for its Aerosurf aerosolized KL4 surfactant for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants, the company has announced. Assuming the FDA review… Read more . . .

  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT) has awarded Savara Pharmaceuticals $1.7 million for further development of AeroVanc inhaled vancomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients. CFFT is a… Read more . . .

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