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Inhaled drug company Alexza Pharmaceuticals has announced the promotions of four executives. The company has promoted James V. Cassella to Executive VP, Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer; Darl Moreland to Senior VP, Quality;… Read more . . .
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Melbourn Scientific has added a Proveris SprayVIEW system and Vereo actuator, making the contract research organization the first in Europe to offer cGMP spray pattern and plume geometry measurements required for nasal spray and MDI… Read more . . .
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Aptar Pharma has announced that the Zetonna nasal aerosol device recently launched in the US includes a customized Aptar Landmark dose indicator, the result of a six-year collaboration with Sunovion. Zetonna is delivered by a… Read more . . .
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In the wake of the EMA’s recent recommendation against use the use of calcitonin nasal sprays due to an increased risk of cancer, Health Canada says that it is also evaluating the risks of calcitonin… Read more . . .
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The FDA has approved Watson Pharmaceuticals’ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of Pulmicort Respules. The budesonide inhalation suspension 0.25mg/2mL and 0.5mg/2mL ampules are the subject of an ongoing patent dispute with… Read more . . .
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According to a report in The Business Standard, Novartis India has announced an agreement with Lupin to sell the Onbrez indacaterol inhalation capsules for the treatment of COPD in India. The newspaper cited “an industry… Read more . . .
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A temporary position is available in the FDA laboratory in Saint Louis, MO to develop a more efficient method for evaluating aerodynamic particle size distribution for dry powder inhalers (DPIs). Also to evaluate various abbreviated… Read more . . .
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According to Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Zetonna ciclesonide nasal aerosol for the treatment of perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis is now available throughout the US. The company announced in May that it would launch the product by… Read more . . .
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Quintiles will promote respiratory drugs from Almirall in the UK, starting with the newly approved Eklira Genuair aclidinium bromide dry powder inhaler for the treatment of COPD. Quintiles performed some of the clinical study work… Read more . . .
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Health Canada has issued an advisory to health care professionals that “AstraZeneca Canada has received a small number of product complaints for Pulmicort Turbuhaler, 200 µg per metered dose (200 doses) regarding the malfunction of… Read more . . .

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