News
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Copley Scientific will be introducing its new BRS 3000 breath simulator for the testing of metered dose inhalers (MDIs) and dry powder inhalers (DPIs) at RDD 2012. The company previously introduced its BRS 2000 breath… Read more . . .
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Two dry powder inhalers have been named as finalists in the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards sponsored by Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry. Sun Pharmaceutical’s Combitide Starhaler and Novartis’s TOBI Podhaler with Pulmosphere technology are… Read more . . .
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According to Pearl Therapeutics, the company has produced metered dose inhalers (MDI) with the ability to deliver a 300ng dose of glycopyrrolate (GP) per actuation. Pearl formulated the GP for the nanogram-dose inhalers using the… Read more . . .
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The British Pharmacopoeial Commission is requesting comment from OINDP manufacturers regarding proposed changes to its inhaled product monographs. The BP has posted a draft document authored by its Inhaled Products Working Party and has asked… Read more . . .
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Mark Shepherd, Respiratory Physics Lab and Workshop Manager at Team Consulting, will attempt to set a world record by climbing to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City while carrying 125… Read more . . .
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The University of Western Ontario has named particle technology researcher Jesse Zhu a 2012 Distinguished University Professorship winner. Zhu, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Powder Technology Applications in the Department of Chemical and… Read more . . .
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Three Phase 3 studies of Novartis’s QVA149 indacaterol /glycopyrronium bromide dry powder inhaler for the treatment of COPD have met their primary endpoints according to the company. The SHINE study demonstrated superiority in trough FEV1… Read more . . .
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Almirall has licensed European rights to aclidinium bromide, both as a monotherapy and in combination with formoterol to Italian pharmaceutical company Menarini. The agreement covers most of the EU except for the UK, the Netherlands… Read more . . .
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After spurning repeated offers from Valeant, ISTA Pharmaceuticals has agreed to be acquired by Bausch + Lomb for $9.10 per share in cash, a total of about $500 million. Valeant had offered $7.50 per share.… Read more . . .
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The FDA has issued a complete response letter to MAP Pharmaceuticals’ NDA for Levadex dihydroergotamine inhalation aerosol for the treatment of migraine headaches. According to MAP, “the FDA requested that the Company address issues relating… 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