Aerogen and CanSinoBio announced today that they entered a partnership to deliver the latter’s COVID-19 vaccine with Aerogen’s technology. Galway, Ireland-based Aerogen’s proprietary vibrating mesh aerosol drug delivery technology will be used to deliver CanSinoBio’s recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine — Convidecia — under the development and commercial supply partnership. Commercial terms for the partnership were […]
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Fareva, ApiJect ink 10-year licensing agreement on fill-finish production lines
Fareva and ApiJect Systems today announced a licensing agreement to fill-finish more than 500 million injectable drug doses per year. Under the agreement, Fareva intends to invest more than $56.5 million to install three blow-fill-seal production lines with support from the Government of France through the France Relance industry initiative, as well as the Investments […]
Virpax reports positive non-human study results for topical spray film that treats chronic pain
Virpax Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:VRPX) today reported positive results from a study of its Epoladerm treatment for chronic pain management. Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Virpax designed Epoladerm, one of its lead investigational products, for managing pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee. According to a news release, the company reported positive results following the completion of a toxicology and […]
Inhaled drug delivery tech company Aerami to go public through SPAC merger
Aerami Therapeutics announced today that it entered into a merger agreement with FoxWayne Enterprises Acquisition Corp. (NSDQ:FOXWU). Through the definitive business combination agreement with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Aerami, a developer of inhaled therapies for treating respiratory and chronic diseases, will be listed on the Nasdaq market as “Aerami Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.” According […]
Visus Therapeutics touts data from trial of presbyopia treatment
Visus Therapeutics announced today that three novel presbyopia treatments achieved their improvement endpoints in a Phase 2 study. Seattle-based Visus’ Vivid Phase 2 study observed all three of the included investigational candidates achieve the endpoint of three lines of improvement in binocular near visual activity without losing one line of distance vision with a minimum […]
European regulators approve Janssen’s twice-yearly schizophrenia treatment
Two months after receiving a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), Janssen has won approval from the European Commission for Byannli, a six-month formulation of paliperidone palmitate. Indicated as a maintenance treatment for adults with schizophrenia, Byannli won approval based on results from the Route 6 study, which found […]
BioMarin wins FDA approval for injection to increase growth in children with dwarfism
BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NSDQ:BMRN) announced today that the FDA granted accelerated approval for its Voxzogo injection. San Rafael, California-based BioMarin’s Voxzogo (vosoritide) injection has an indication to increase linear growth in pediatric patients with achondroplasia (a form of dwarfism) five years of age and older with open epiphysis (growth plates). Continued approval may be contingent upon […]
Stevanato Group expands corporate headquarters
Stevanato Group (NYSE:STVN) announced today that it expanded its corporate headquarters with a new facility in Italy. Based in Piombino Dese, Italy, Stevanato Group said the 6,750-square-meter facility will support the optimization of its industrial footprint while advancing operations and growth within the company. About 2,500 square meters of the facility will be dedicated to […]
Cure Pharmaceutical wins patent approval for fast-dissolving drug delivery platform
Cure Pharmaceutical (OTC:CURR) announced today that it received confirmation of a patent for its Curefilm Blue platform.\ The U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) provided notification to Cure that U.S. Patent No. 11,179,331 (the ’331 patent) is set to issue on November 23, 2021. The ‘331 patent (“Oral Soluble Film Containing Sildenafil Citrate”) covers Curefilm blue. Oxnard, […]
BD breaks ground on pre-filled syringe manufacturing plant in Spain
BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it broke ground on its $200 million pre-filled drug delivery device manufacturing plant in Spain. Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based BD announced in May that it would build the $201.5 million (€165 million) high-tech manufacturing facility in Zaragoza, Spain, with expectations of creating up to 600 jobs at the facility by 2030. […]
