Committees in Congress have issued more than a dozen subpoenas to drug-makers for alleged price-hiking in the last 2 years, with members of the House and Senate collecting hundreds of thousands of documents on pricing strategies and marketing tactics. They’ve put pharmaceutical execs through more than 16 hours of public testimony. But an Associated Press review shows that pressure from Washington […]
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DBV, BioNet-Asia study needle-free pertussis booster vaccination
DBV Technologies (NSDQ:DBVT) and BioNet-Asia said today that the independent Data & Safety Monitoring Board positively reviewed DBV’s needle-free vaccine patch technology, Viaskin, and that enrollment in a Phase I trial for booster immunization against pertussis will continue into the 2nd dosing cohort. The Viaskin pertussis booster vaccination program will test the ability of DBV’s needle-free vaccine […]
New drug capsule delivers medicine for weeks after swallowing
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spurred by a challenge from Bill Gates, developed a star-shaped drug capsule that can gradually release medication and stay in the stomach for to 2 weeks after being swallowed. The study, published yesterday in Science Translational Medicine, described the team’s work using the capsule to deliver an anti-parasitic drug, invermectin, which […]
Cumberland Pharma acquires U.S. rights to Nordic’s injectable methotrexate
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:CPIX) said today that it acquired exclusive U.S. rights to Nordic Group‘s injectable methotrexate product line to treat rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, severe psoriatic arthritis, and severe disabling psoriasis. Nordic Group has registered the product line for patient use in European countries, so Cumberland will register and commercialize the products in the U.S. […]
Injectable opioid dependence treatment succeeds in clinical trial
Camarus AB (STO:CAMX) and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals said this week that a late-stage trial of its injectable opioid dependence treatment was successful. CMAX shares surged 16% at the beginning of the week following the announcement. The injectable buprenorphine therapy could be another treatment used to combat the growing opioid epidemic in the United States, which claimed the lives […]
China’s Uni-Bio Science, Luqa Pharmaceuticals ink deal for dermatology drug-device combos
Uni-Bio Science (HKG:0690) said today that it inked a strategic partnership with Luqa Pharmaceuticals for the marketing of dermatology drug-device combination products. According to the agreement, the China-based companies can co-promote drugs or medical devices for the treatment of dermatological disorders, including existing products. The 3-year promotion agreement, with an option to renew for 2 more years, enables […]
Light-driven motor powers nanorobot drug delivery system
Researchers proposed a nanosized, light-driven motor that is powerful enough to carry a certain load and possible act as a drug delivery system, according to the study published in the Journal of Chemical Physics. “The unprecedented characteristics of dipole photomotors based on semiconductor nanoclusters offer the prospect of more than just addressing a certain scarcity of […]
Touch Surgery, Pacira to develop knee surgery sim
Touch Surgery and Pacira Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:PCRX) launched the Exparel knee training simulation for the Touch Surgery app, designed to provide clinicians with a virtual training experience for administering the bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension in total knee arthroplasty. The simulation includes a 3D environment where clinical decisions and viewpoints are all dictated by the user and simulates […]
Dow subsidiary presents transdermal delivery system
Dow (NYSE:DOW) subsidiary Dow Corning presented its latest drug delivery tech for transdermal therapies at the American Assn. of Pharmaceutical Sciences annual meeting. Dow Corning introduced its transdermal delivery patch, the SilAc Hybrid pressure-sensitive adhesive, which combine the properties of acrylic and silicone polymers. The Midland, Mich.-based company also featured its silicone-based topical ingredients with enhanced […]
Trump’s win boosts drug stocks
Pharmaceutical stocks surged today after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, as investors concluded the threat of action on drug pricing had lessened. California’s Proposition 61, which would have prevented the state of California from purchasing drugs from a manufacturer for a price higher than that paid by the U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept., failed to […]
