Anika Therapeutics (NSDQ:ANIK) said last week that it agreed to pay former chief medical officer Dr. Stephen Mascioli $350,000 “for all alleged damages and attorneys’ fees.” In return, Mascioli agreed not to pursue legal action against the Bedford, Mass.-based company. Mascioli departed from Anika in January this year, after spending less than a year there. According […]
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Whitehouse Labs expands drug delivery device testing capabilities
Whitehouse Laboratories, a division of Albany Molecular Research, said today that it has expanded its drug delivery device testing capabilities to include services for ISO 80369 standards. The 8 standards described in ISO 80369 were designed to prevent connector errors in medical device and drug delivery systems. Whitehouse Labs said that the group’s latest expansion […]
Titan Pharmaceuticals partners for long-acting antimalarial implant
Titan Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:TTNP) this month revealed a collaboration with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research to evaluate the use of its ProNeura drug-delivery technology for the long-term prevention of malaria. The company is already working to develop its implant for an array of applications. Titan president & CEO Sunil Bhonsle told Drug Delivery Business News that this […]
Bigfoot Biomedical’s CEO talks disruption in diabetes management tech
Bigfoot Biomedical is a highly competitive player in medtech’s race to develop an artificial pancreas. The 50-person company has made rapid progress towards developing a smart, automated insulin delivery system since its beginnings in 2014. Just yesterday Bigfoot announced that it is partnering with Abbott, bringing together Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring tech and Bigfoot’s insulin […]
Judge rules that Mylan can’t move EpiPen antitrust suit
New Jersey federal judge Freda Wolfson rejected Mylan‘s (NSDQ:MYL) request to move an antitrust lawsuit brought against the EpiPen maker to Kansas. Mylan previously claimed that moving the case to Kansas would consolidate it with other class actions from EpiPen buyers – all of which are alleging violations of antitrust laws. Wolfson blocked the request […]
Sunovion divests asthma, allergy tech to Covis Pharma
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals said today that it plans to divest the U.S. market rights for its allergy and asthma products to Covis Pharma, in an effort to narrow its focus to the company’s COPD portfolio. Included in the deal is Sunovion’s Alvesco inhalation aerosol, its Omnaris nasal spray and its Zetonna nasal aerosol. All three products […]
Bigfoot Biomedical taps Abbott to collaborate on automated insulin delivery tech
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) and Bigfoot Biomedical said today that the companies inked a deal to develop and commercialize diabetes management systems. The collaboration will bring together Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring tech and Bigfoot’s insulin delivery platform, the companies reported. According to the deal, Abbott will provide Bigfoot with the next-gen version of its FreeStyle Libre continuous […]
Milestone Scientific appoints new CEO following FDA nod | Personnel Moves – July 13, 2017
Milestone Scientific (NYSE:MLSS) said this week that it appointed Daniel Goldberger to the company’s corner office. Leonard Osser, who previously served as CEO, is slated to remain on the board and will continue to serve as director of Milestone’s China operations. The appointment comes on the heels of the FDA’s decision to grant Milestone’s CompuFlo epidural […]
Study: Nanomedicine shuts down cells that drive cancer growth in glioblastoma
Researchers from Northwestern Medicine have developed lipid polymer-based nanoparticles that target key cancer drivers, called brain tumor initiating cells, in a mouse model of glioblastoma brain tumors. “BTICs are malignant brain tumor populations that underlie the therapy resistance, recurrence and unstoppable invasion commonly encountered by glioblastoma patients after the standard treatment regimen of surgical resection, […]
Synspira’s therapy could boost antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria in CF patients
Privately-held Synspira touted a study today of its inhaled glycopolymer-based therapeutic with antibiotics as a potential treatment for pulmonary infection caused by the Burkholderia cepacia complex in patients with cystic fibrosis. The study was published in PLOS One. Synspira’s lead polycationic glycopolymer, SNSP113, was studied in combination with tobramycin and meropenem. These antibiotics, as well as ceftazidime, are often […]