The FDA approved the first generic version of the Proventil HFA (albuterol sulfate) metered-dose inhaler for treating bronchospasm. The FDA indicated the generic inhaler from Cipla for the treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in patients four years of age or older with reversible obstructive airway disease. It also aids in the prevention of exercise-induced bronchospasm […]
Respiratory
OncoSec, Inovio testing COVID-19 vaccines
OncoSec Medical (NSDQ:ONCS) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:INO) announced that they are testing potential COVID-19 vaccines after the latter received investigational new drug clearance from the FDA. Inovio received an IND nod, while OncoSec’s is pending, but both companies are pursuing a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial for their vaccines, according to separate news releases. OncoSec is using […]
CF PharmTech raises $90m
Pharmaceutical company CF PharmTech, which focuses on respiratory treatments, announced today that it raised $90 million in a Series E financing round. Shuzhou, China–based CF PharmTech said the latest round of funding reflects strong support from China’s investors and will allow the company to bring new products from its pipeline to market. The company produces […]
Propeller Health offers access to CVS, other pharmacies with Propeller app
Propeller Health announced today that users of its Propeller app are now able to access pharmacy services from CVS, Walmart, Kroger and Rite-Aid directly through that app. The Madison, Wis.–based company launched the app in January 2019, giving Walgreens patients the option to manage their asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medication regimen within the mobile app. […]
Owlstone Medical partners with Thermo Fisher Scientific for breath biopsies
Owlstone Medical last week announced that it has forged a partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific‘s (NYSE:TMO) to advance non-invasive breath sampling in disease detection. Through the agreement, both companies will integrate the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive GC Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap MassSpectrometer into Owlstone Medical’s Breath Biopsy platform. The collaboration will hopefully qualify the mass analyzer for […]
GSK seeks additional asthma indication for Trelegy Ellipta
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) and Innoviva (NSDQ:INVA) said yesterday that they filed a supplemental New Drug Application with the FDA, seeking an additional indication for GSK’s Trelegy Ellipta inhaler for the treatment of asthma in adults. The once-daily, single-inhaler triple-therapy device received FDA approval for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in September 2017. Trelegy Ellipta has not […]
Boehringer Ingelheim touts Spiolto Respimat inhaler data
Boehringer Ingelheim said yesterday that results from a study of its Spiolto Respimat inhaler showed benefits including improving symptoms and lung function in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Spiolto Respimat is a soft-mist inhaler designed for the treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with COPD. A pooled analysis exploring COPD treatment with the tiotropium-based […]
Convexity Scientific raises $4m Series B for Flyp nebulizer
Convexity Scientific said yesterday that it closed a Series B financing round worth nearly $4 million ahead of the launch of its Flyp nebulizer. Fairfield, Conn.-based Convexity’s funding was led by HighCape Capital with participation from Connecticut Innovations, Benslie International and Stonehenge Capital, according to a news release. The company said the funding is earmarked […]
Pulmatrix doses first patient in Pulmazole trial
Pulmatrix (NSDQ:PULM) said yesterday that it dosed the first patient in its Phase II trial of Pulmazole for the treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis asthmatics. The 64-patient study is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of three dose levels of the anti-fungal drug itraconazole formulation Pulmazole. The multi-center, four-arm trial will […]
Senzer Pharmaceuticals wins CE Mark for cannabinoid inhaler
Senzer Pharmaceuticals said yesterday that it has received the CE Mark for its cannabinoid inhaler. London-based Senzer said the Class IIa medical device approval, obtained in a joint project with manufacturing partner Europlaz, is the first-ever granted in the cannabinoid space and will allow the company to accelerate its plans to launch in the UK […]
