AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:ACRX) touted device functionality outcomes today from the Phase III trial of its Zalviso drug-device combination product. Zalviso is designed to deliver a sublingual formulation of an opioid, sufentanil, to adult patients with moderate-to-severe pain in a hospital setting using a hand-held, pre-programmed system. The device allows patients to self-administer sufentanil as often as […]
Pain Management
Healthcare fund Gurnet Point buys Innocoll’s bioresorbable collagen matrix
Healthcare investment fund Gurnet Point said today that it completed its acquisition of pharmaceutical and medical device company Innocoll. According to the deal, Gurnet Point is slated to buy Innocoll for 1.75 per share in cash and up to $4.90 in cash from a contingent value right, in a deal valued up to $209 million. The investment […]
Braeburn, Camurus seek FDA nod for buprenorphine depot
Camurus AB (STO:CAMX) and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals said today that the companies submitted a new drug application to the FDA for its weekly and monthly buprenorphine depots to treat opioid use disorder. Braeburn also reported that it applied for priority review of its application, which could potentially shorten the company’s path to the market. The NDA submission was supported […]
CDC gives $12m to states to fight opioid epidemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today that it plans to award more than $12 million this week to 23 states and the District of Columbia to support their efforts in tackling the opioid overdose epidemic. The funding comes from the fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill that became law in May. States […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: July 14, 2017
From Novarad touting its VR-surgical guidance system to Zynex paying off its $2.2M loan, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Stimwave announces first patient in Brazil Stimwave announced in a July 5 press release that its first patients in Brazil have received Stimwave’s wireless pain relief […]
BioDelivery Sciences, Purdue ink exclusive distribution deal for Belbuca in Canada
BioDelivery Sciences International (NSDQ:BDSI) said today that it inked an exclusive distribution deal with Purdue Pharma‘s Canada branch for the licensing, distribution, marketing and sale of Belbuca in Canada. The company’s Belbuca buccal film was designed to deliver buprenorphine for patients with chronic pain. It was cleared by Health Canada in June for patients with pain severe […]
Endo pulls painkiller from the market following FDA request
Endo Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:ENDP) said today that it will voluntarily pull its Opana ER painkiller from the market. The move comes just weeks after the FDA asked the company to pull the plug on its opioid, arguing that the benefits of the abuse-deterrent drug no longer outweigh the risks. To write off the remaining net book value […]
Topical post-herpetic neuralgia treatment fails to meet primary endpoint in Phase II
Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:TEVA) and Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:XENE) said this week that the Phase II study of a topical post-herpetic neuralgia treatment did not meet its primary or secondary endpoints. The small-molecule inhibitor, TV-45070, was licensed by Xenon to Teva in December 2012. The Phase II trial enrolled 300 patients and randomized them to receive 4% […]
Semnur touts Phase I/II trial of non-opioid pain-killer
Semnur Pharmaceuticals touted data today from a Phase I/II pharmacokinetic trial of its injectable, non-opioid pain-killer, SP-102. The trial enrolled 12 patients with radicular pain. The trial met its primary endpoint and showed that single epidural injection of SP-102 could provide a sustained analgesic effect for 1 month. The company touted its product, which is […]
Camarus, Braeburn tout Phase II data for long-acting buprenorphine depot
Camarus AB (STO:CAMX) and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals touted data yesterday from a Phase II trial of its long-acting buprenorphine depot. The 47-patient trial found that CAM2038 blocks the effects of opioids and suppresses withdrawal symptoms in adults with opioid use disorder. The in-patient trial included 5 3-day test sessions to evaluate the patients’ response to randomized […]