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DPI developer PureIMS has announced the appointment of Jaap Wieling as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Bram Van Dijck. According to his LinkedIn page, Wieling founded or co-founded several biopharm companies, including Bioralix, BiosanaPharma, and Antaeus Biopharma, over the past few years. He spent much of his career at Xendo, which he also co-founded. … [Read more...] about Jaap Wieling appointed CEO of PureIMS

Inhaled nitric oxide developer Beyond Air announced that pulmonologist Andrew Colin has been appointed as the company's Chief Medical Officer, effective December 1, 2021. Colin, who was most recently Chief of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine and Director of the university's Cystic Fibrosis Center, has … [Read more...] about Andrew Colin joins Beyond Air as Chief Medical Officer

Device developer Cambridge Healthcare Innovations (CHI) has announced the appointment of former AuroScience Head of Device Development Philip Canner as CEO. In addition to AuroScience, an Aurobindo subsidiary that develops generic inhaled drugs, Canner's OINDP development experience also includes a stint at Team Consulting. Earlier this year, CHI partnered with … [Read more...] about Philip Canner joins Cambridge Healthcare Innovations as CEO

Generic inhalation device developer Merxin has announced a three-year partnership with the University of Hertfordshire to further research on "the generation of fine mist and particle aerosols from formulations for deep lung delivery." Merxin will sponsor doctoral work by UH PhD student Aurélien Martin under the supervision of Professor Darragh Murnane that will … [Read more...] about Merxin partners with the University of Hertfordshire for research on SMIs

PARI Pharma has named Stefan Seemann as its new President, effective July 1, 2021. Seeman will take over from Martin Knoch, who is retiring after more than 30 years at PARI Pharma, where he oversaw development of the company's eFlow nebulizer technology. Seeman, who joined PARI Pharma in 2000 after several years at Boehringer Inhgelheim, was most recently VP for eFlow … [Read more...] about PARI Pharma names Stefan Seemann as its new President

Proveris Scientific, a specialist in aerosol drug delivery testing, announced that it has hired engineer Prateek Nath to "to design and build a wide variety of research-grade prototypes and run experiments on these prototypes to generate proof statements for scientific hypotheses related to aerosol science, human physiology, and drug delivery." Nath was most … [Read more...] about Proveris Scientific hires Prateek Nath as research scientist

Aerosol testing specialist Proveris Scientific has named Maria L. Smith as Director, Application and Business Development for Proveris Laboratories. Smith has extensive experience in OINDP spray characterization, first at DPT Laboratories and then at Renaissance Lakewood. In addition to business development for the lab, she is expected to "serve as a liaison to … [Read more...] about Proveris hires Maria L. Smith to head up business development for Proveris Laboratories