AmacaThera announced today that it completed an oversubscribed $10.3 million Series A financing round. Lumira Ventures led the Series A funding, with existing investors Viva BioInnovator and Sprout BioVentures contributing as well. New investors BDC Capital Women in Technology Venture Fund, Inveready, MBX Capital, CR Capital Management, StandUp Ventures and MaRS IAF participated, too, according […]
ForDoz enters manufacturing agreement with LipoMedix
ForDoz Pharma announced today that it entered into an agreement with LipoMedix to manufacture its lead compound for a clinical trial. LipoMedix’s pegylated liposomal Promitil (PL-MLP) is designed for the selective delivery of the therapeutic agent to cancer-affected tissues and is suited for cancer chemoradiotherapy, according to a news release. Studies have shown PL-MLP to […]
Acorda Therapeutics announces departure of business operations chief
Acorda Therapeutics (NSDQ:ACOR) announced today that its chief of business operations, David Lawrence, is resigning from the company. Lawrence, who also serves as Acorda’s principal accounting and financial officer, is resigning effective mid-March 2021 as he is set to take a leadership position at an early-stage biotechnology company, according to a news release. “Dave has […]
Evox Therapeutics completes $95.4M Series C
Evox Therapeutics announced today that it raised $95.4 million (£69.2 million) in a Series C financing round. Oxford, England-based Evox’s financing was significantly oversubscribed with high demand from both existing and new investors, according to a news release. Redmile Group led the financing while being joined by new investors OrbiMed and Invus. OrbiMed partner Chau […]
Lyra Therapeutics names new chief medical officer
Lyra Therapeutics (NSDQ:LYRA) announced today that it appointed Dr. Robert Kern as its new chief medical officer. Kern will remain in his current position as the George A. Sisson Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine while operating as Lyra’s CMO, according to […]
NuTec, Epson combine to automate syringe production
Epson Robots announced today that NuTec Tooling Systems built a syringe coating machine in an effort that includes four Epson robots. The four Epson Cleanroom SCARA robots for a pharmaceutical OEM are employed at various stations within the machine to offer automation to the customer’s syringe manufacturing process, according to a news release. Carson, Calif.-based […]
Retractable Technologies lands $54.2M federal contract for syringes
Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) announced that it received a government contract worth more than $54.2 million for its syringes. Little Elm, Texas-based Retractable Technologies’ contract and purchase order was made by the U.S. Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) with a base price of $54,217,800 for a five-month period between Feb. 15, 2021, and July 14, 2021. […]
BD wins Frost & Sullivan innovation award for Intevia autoinjector
Frost & Sullivan announced today that it recognizes Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) with a 2020 Global Technology Innovation Award. BD received the award for its Intevia autoinjector, which, as part of the company’s differentiated self-injection systems portfolio, facilitates high-viscosity biologics delivery for treating chronic diseases, according to a news release. Intevia, a two-step, push-on-skin, handheld autoinjector delivers […]
Report: Global syringes market set to reach $32.4B by 2027
Market research released this week suggests that the global syringes market will reach $32.39 billion by 2027. Allied Market Research published a report estimating the global syringes market sat at $15.34 billion in 2019, with expectations of hitting $32.39 billion in value by 2027, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.6% from 2020 […]
United Therapeutics launches Remunity pump for Remodulin
United Therapeutics (NSDQ:UTHR) announced today that it launched its Remunity pump for Remodulin in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based United Therapeutics’ Remunity pump initially received FDA clearance in May 2019 for patient filling, adding another 510(k) clearance in February 2020 to enable cassettes to be prefilled with Remodulin by contracted […]
