News
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European specialty pharma company Axcan will acquire Mpex Pharmaceuticals and its lead candidate, Aeroquin levofloxacin inhalation solution for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in CF patients, which is currently in Phase 3 trials. Axcan… Read more . . .
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The FDA has rescheduled its end-of-review meeting with MannKind Corporation regarding Afrezza inhaled insulin for May 4, 2011. The agency had earlier cancelled the meeting, which had been scheduled for April 15, due to a… Read more . . .
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Dennis Metzger of Albany Medical College (Albany, New York) has presented research at the Society for General Microbiology Spring Conference demonstrating the effectiveness of using interleukin-12 (IL-12) in combination with intranasally-delivered vaccines to boost immune… Read more . . .
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By mid-2012, Almirall plans to begin clinical studies on a new inhaled drug for the treatment of COPD called LAS190792, the company has announced. The drug is a dry powder formulation of a dual, long-acting… Read more . . .
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RDD Europe 2011 will be the largest iteration so far of the European version of the Respiratory Drug Delivery meetings, says Richard Dalby of co-organizer RDD. Already, more than 400 people have registered for the… Read more . . .
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The 2011 IPAC-RS conference, held in Rockville, MD March 29-31, featured speakers from a number of FDA offices discussing the agency’s efforts relevant to orally inhaled and nasal drug products (OINDPs). Among those speakers was… Read more . . .
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Novartis Canada has announced that it has received a Notice of Compliance from Health Canada for its TOBI Podhaler tobramycin DPI for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The product has… Read more . . .
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Full abstracts for posters and for podium presentations should be submitted by July 27, 2011. Beginning May 1, abstracts can be submitted on-line at www.ddl-conference.org.uk. Researchers studying for a degree or up to three years… Read more . . .
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) will buy Pfizer’s Capsugel business for just under $2.4 billion. In addition to its Vcaps hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) capsules for dry powder inhalation products, Capsugel also manufactures the… Read more . . .
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Soon after announcing positive Phase 3 results for Dymista and saying that it would file an NDA for the product by mid-2011, Meda announced that it has gone ahead with the filing. Dymista is a… 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