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The Medicon Valley Inhalation Consortium (MVIC) has announced that Ola Nerbrink has succeeded Orest Lastow as CEO. Nerbrink was previously MVIC’s VP of Business Development. Lastow, who founded MVIC in 2012, left the position in… Read more . . .

The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has announced three recipients of its 2014–2015 Global Fellowship Awards. One of the recipients of the $30,000 fellowship, Ahmed Shalash of Alexandria University in Alexandria, Egypt, is researching carriers… Read more . . .

CDMO Formex, LLC has announced that former Azo Pharma VP of Formulation Development John McCarty has joined the company as Scientific Advisor. McCarty will also serve as a member of the company’s Science Advisory Board.… Read more . . .

Theravance has announced that Michael W. Aguiar will replace Rick E Winningham as President and CEO effective August 15, 2014. Winningham will become CEO of Theravance Biopharma full time and will continue as Chairman of… Read more . . .

Canadian pharmaceutical company Milestone Pharmaceuticals, which is developing an intranasal short-acting calcium channel antagonist for the treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, has announced the appointment of Francis Plat as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Plat commented,… Read more . . .

Theravance has announced the appointment of Theodore J. Witek, Jr. as Senior VP Corporate Partnerships, Clinical and Medical Affairs. In that capacity, the company says Witek “will be focused on the further development of the… Read more . . .

Alexza Pharmaceuticals has promoted Edwin S. Kamemoto from VP, Regulatory Affairs to the newly created position of Senior VP, Regulatory Affairs. He was hired in 2006 as Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs; and promoted to Director,… Read more . . .

Device component company Presspart Manufacturing has announced that former Lupin pulmonary research scientist Abhay Singh and former Sanofi QC readiness analyst Jacqueline Green have joined Presspart’s Inhalation Product Technology Centre (IPTC) team. Singh has been… Read more . . .

OptiNose has announced three hires for senior management positions, which it says “will help drive the company forward in its mission to introduce new and valuable treatment options to the market utilizing its novel Bi-Directional… Read more . . .