Regulatory

An effort to return remaining units of Primatene Mist epinephrine inhalers to the market failed in the US House of Representatives on December 12, 2012 by a vote of 229-182. Primatene Mist, a CFC-propelled MDI… Read more . . .

Maryland-based CRO Next Breath, which specializes in OINDP analysis, has announced that an October 15, 2012 GMP inspection by the FDA found the company’s Baltimore facility to be compliant. The inspection resulted in no Form… Read more . . .

According to Savara Pharmaceuticals, the company’s AeroVanc inhaled vancomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in cystic fibrosis patients has been granted orphan drug status by the FDA. Aerovanc inhalation powder, which… Read more . . .

QVA149 developers Vectura and Sosei have confirmed that Novartis has submitted an application for Japanese approval of the inhaled fixed dose combination of indacaterol maleate and glycopyrronium bromide for the treatment of COPD. Novartis, which… Read more . . .

Pharmaxis’s Bronchitol mannitol dry powder for inhalation has become the first treatment for cystic fibrosis to receive a positive recommendation from he UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), according to the company.… Read more . . .

Novartis has filed a marketing application with the EMA for its QVA149 indacaterol maleate/glycopyrronium bromide DPI for the treatment of COPD. The filing triggered milestone payments of $5 million each to the drug’s developers, Vectura… Read more . . .

MAP Pharmaceuticals has resubmitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for Levadex inhaled dihydroergotamine for the treatment of migraine to the FDA, the company has announced. The FDA issued a complete response letter to MAP in… Read more . . .

As expected, the European Commission has approved Novartis’s Seebri Breezhaler glycopyrronium bromide DPI for the treatment of COPD. The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued a positive recommendation for… Read more . . .

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Novartis’s Seebri glycopyrronium bromide inhalation capsules, delivered by the Breezhaler DPI, for the treatment of COPD. The product should be available in Japan by… Read more . . .