Novaliq GmbH said yesterday that it named Christian Roesky as its new CEO, replacing co-founder Bernhard Günther, who will take on a new role as chief innovation officer. The Heidelberg, Germany-based company focuses on renovating poorly soluble drugs into effective ocular therapeutics. Its CE-marked product, NovaTears, was developed from its proprietary EyeSol technology. With its […]
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Parents question Mylan’s EpiPen school campaign
Three years ago, Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) began holding summits for food allergy bloggers to learn about its campaign to get its EpiPen epinephrine injector into schools. Many of the bloggers, mothers of children with serious allergies, were eager to help. Some, including Ruth LovettSmith, wrote thousands of posts, providing testimony that some legislators say convinced them […]
DelMar, Accurexa ink deal for chemotherapy combo
DelMar Pharmaceuticals and Accurexa said today that they inked a deal to collaborate on a combination chemotherapy for local treatment of brain cancer. The agreement calls for DelMar to supply the drug dianhydrogalactitol (VAL-083) as part of a combination with another chemotherapeutic, either temozolomide or carmustine, for local delivery to the tumor via Accurexa’s ACX-31 implantable […]