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DPI developer Respira Therapeutics has hired inhalation drug development pioneer Andy Clark as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Clark most recently served as Site Head and CTO at the Novartis pulmonary development facility in… Read more . . .
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Lightlake Therapeutics has announced today that it has hired former Mundipharma Head of Medical Affairs for New Products Arvind Agrawal as Executive VP, Medical Affairs, effective January 2015. Agrawal has also held Medical Affairs positions… Read more . . .
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Vectura Chief Executive Chris Blackwell will step down from that position at the end of June 2015, the company has announced. Blackwell has been with the company since 2002. The company’s board says that it… Read more . . .
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According to MannKind Corporation, Hakan Edstrom has taken over as CEO after company founder Alfred Mann stepped down from that position effective January 9, 2015. Mann will become the Executive Chairman and “intends to remain… Read more . . .
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Hovione has announced the promotion of Filipe Gaspar to VP of R&D, reporting to CEO Guy Villax. Gaspar joined Hovione in 2003 and has held a number of positions at the company, including Director of… Read more . . .
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Verona Pharma has announced that Kenneth Newman, a former Acton Pharmaceuticals CMO and former Boehringer Ingelheim VP, Medical Affairs, will become Verona’s Chief Medical Officer as of January 1. At Acton, Newman headed up clinical… Read more . . .
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Respiratory drug developer Verona Pharma has named former Galenica CEO David Ebsworth as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Ebsworth succeeds Clive Page, who founded the company in 2006. The company’s lead product, RPL554,… Read more . . .
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Discovery Laboratories, which is developing Aerosurf aerosolized KL4 surfactant for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants, has announced several management changes. Steven G. Simonson, who joined the company in May 2014,… Read more . . .
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Copley Scientific has announced a deal with Hyderabad-based Apex Chromatography for the exclusive distribution of Copley inhaler testing products in India and noted that Viraj Sohoni of Apex’s Mumbai office has been appointed as the… Read more . . .
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Swedish CRO Inhalation Sciences AB (ISAB) has announced the hires of Mikael Mikko as a product specialist and Iwona Rådberg as an ex vivo and in vivo studies specialist. Mikko, who has a doctorate in… Read more . . .

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