Shares in Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) fell -9% this morning after the pharmaceutical company missed expectations on Wall Street with its 4th quarter results and lowered its outlook for 2017. The Danish company posted profits of 8.7 billion Danish kroner, or $1.26 billion USD, on sales of 29.57 billion kroner for the 3 months ended Dec. 31, for bottom-line growth of […]
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Surmodics raises guidance, beats Q1 earnings
Shares in Surmodics (NSDQ:SRDX) rose today after the medical device maker met expectations on Wall Street with its fiscal 2017 1st quarter results. The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company posted profits of $2.3 million, or 17¢ per share, on sales of $17.8 million for the 3 months ended Dec. 31, for bottom-line loss of -13.3% on […]
Bob Langer on drug delivery
Robert Langer, a pioneer in drug delivery and the most cited engineer in history, has co-founded 30 companies and treated more than 20 million patients as a result of his innovations. In a conversation with Wired, he spoke about his career, which has spanned for 4 decades and began with his 1976 discovery of a method to delay […]
Advanced Inhalation Therapies raises $10m
Advanced Inhalation Therapies closed a $10.2 million offering yesterday. According to regulatory filings, 39 investors contributed to the offering, which made its 1st sale on Jan. 13. The Israel-based company is developing a drug delivery device to treat severe respiratory infections and lung diseases using a high dose of nitric oxide. The company plans to use $604,000 […]
Cohero raises $13.3m for connected inhaler tech
Cohero Health said today that it raised more than $13.3 million, according to regulatory filings, in equity and Series A preferred stock. The company sold nearly all of its total offering amount of $13.6 million before closing the round. Over 50 investors have contributed to the offering, which had its 1st sale in October last year. […]
Roche denies rumors it will shop diabetes unit, earnings
Roche (PINK:RHHBY) denied rumors that it was considering selling its diabetes unit today, saying that it is “committed” to the business. The company also predicted that competition and spending on new drugs would stall its margin growth in 2017, as patents expire for its blockbuster medications. The Swiss drugmaker’s 3 top-selling cancer drugs, Rituxan, Herceptin and […]
Glide raises $4m for phase I trial of solid-dose teriparatide
Glide Technologies said today that it raised £3.2 million, or $4.0 million USD, in a round of financing. A number of existing investors contributed to the round, according to the Oxford-based company. Glide plans to use the funds to finish phase I trials this year for its solid dose formulation of a parathyroid hormone, teriparatide. “This […]
MediWound touts Phase II study
MediWound (NSDQ:MDWD) touted data from a phase II trial of its EscharEx topical biological drug for debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. The data includes a follow-up period of 6 months from the last treatment to 3 months from wound closure. The randomized phase II trial enrolled 73 patients with a variety of chronic and […]
Eli Lilly posts mixed Q4 earnings
Shares in Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) rose today after the drug manufacturer missed earnings expectations, but beat revenue estimates on Wall Street with its 4th quarter results. The Indianapolis-based company posted profits of $771.8 million on sales of $5.76 billion for the 3 months ended Dec. 31, for bottom-line growth of 61.3% on sales growth of 7.1% compared […]
Pfizer misses on Q4 earnings
Shares in Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) remained steady today after the pharmaceutical company missed expectations on Wall Street with its 4th quarter results. The U.S. pharma giant posted profits of $775 million, or 13¢ per share, for the 3 months ended December 31, 2016, compared to a bottom-line loss of $172 million in the same period last year. Pfizer also reported revenues of $13.63 billion, a […]