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ProMed Pharma begins preclinical testing of resorbable contraceptive implant

April 20, 2022 By Brian Buntz

ProMed

After receiving funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ProMed Pharma has begun preclinical evaluation of a novel fully resorbable contraceptive implant. The Plymouth, Minnesota–based company imagines that the contraceptive implants could ultimately find use in low- and middle-income (LMIC) settings. The novel implant potentially could offer women 18 months of contraception through the […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Implants, Women's Health Tagged With: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, contraceptive implants, levonorgestrel, ProMed Pharma

Theramex wins decentralized procedure approval in EU, UK for hormone drug

March 3, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Theramex

Theramex announced today that it received decentralized procedure approval in several EU countries and the UK for its Bijuva capsules. Bijuva possesses an indication for continuous combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for estrogen deficiency symptoms in postmenopausal women with intact uterus and with at least 12 months since last menses, according to a news release. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Regulatory/Compliance, Women's Health Tagged With: Theramex

Axonics acquires Contura and its Bulkamid bulking agent for $235M

February 25, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Axonics (NSDQ: AXNX) announced today that it acquired Contura and its flagship Bulkamid product for up to $235 million. London-based Contura’s Bulkamid is a urethral bulking agent for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is a next-generation hydrogel injected into the urethral wall in a minimally invasive office or outpatient facility procedure to restore the natural closing pressure […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Hydrogels, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pharmaceuticals, Women's Health Tagged With: Axonics Modulation Technologies, Contura

Contura wins FDA premarket approval for hydrogel injection

February 4, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Contura announced that it won FDA premarket approval for its Bulkamid hydrogel injection for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Bulkamid is Contura’s proprietary device designed for treating SUI due to intrinsic sphincter deficiency in adult women with SUI or stress predominant mixed incontinence. According to a news release, the product is currently marketed in more […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydrogels, Women's Health Tagged With: Contura

Prasco launches generic NuvaRing

December 17, 2019 By Danielle Kirsh

prasco

Prasco this week said it launched its authorized generic NuvaRing. The generic etonogestrel/ethinyl vaginal ring is a small, flexible vaginal ring that is used by women as a form of birth control. The NuvaRing releases a continuous low dose of hormones for three weeks at a time. “We are proud to launch the authorized generic […]

Filed Under: Women's Health Tagged With: Merck, Prasco

FDA approves expanded indication for Liletta 6-year IUD

October 28, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Allergan, Medicines360

Medicines360 and its partner Allergan (NYSE:AGN) said today that the FDA approved Medicines360’s supplemental new drug application to extend the duration use of the Liletta intrauterine device for up to six years. The Liletta levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system now has the longest approved duration of use for a hormonal intrauterine device in the U.S., according to a […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Women's Health Tagged With: Allergan, FDA, Medicines360

FDA nixes Evoke Pharma’s gastro nasal spray

April 3, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

The FDA has rejected Evoke Pharma’s (NSDQ:EVOK) application for a metoclopramide nasal spray for diabetic women with gastroparesis. The Solana Beach, Calif. company’s stock price tumbled 40% on the news yesterday that the agency had found dosing inconsistencies in the pivotal pharmacokinetic study for the spray, Gimoti. In an earlier multi-disciplinary letter to the company, […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Pharmaceuticals, Women's Health Tagged With: evokepharma, FDA

Study: Use of long-acting reversible contraception spiked after 2016 election

February 6, 2019 By Sarah Faulkner

In a study published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers reported that use of long-acting reversible contraception increased in the month following the 2016 presidential election. Adjusting for seasonal trends and patient characteristics, the researchers from Brigham & Women’s Hospital found that insertion of contraceptives such as intrauterine devices increased by 21.6% after the […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Pharmaceuticals, Women's Health Tagged With: Brigham & Women's Hospital

Inside Hologic’s evolving definition of women’s healthcare

August 13, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner

Hologic logo

Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX), known in the medtech industry for its mammography and diagnostics devices, is rethinking what it means to be a women’s healthcare company. The 6,000-person company wants to expand its reach to include products that care for women’s well-being, as well as their health – a concept that Dr. Edward Evantash honed when he led […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Women's Health Tagged With: hologic

Study: Heat-stable drug formulation offers new option to prevent postpartum bleeding

June 28, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Data from a collaboration between Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Merck (NYSE:MRK) and the World Health Organization showed that a heat-stable formulation of carbetocin is as effective as oxytocin for the prevention of excessive bleeding following vaginal birth. Millions of women are affected by postpartum hemorrhage every year, according to Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Traditionally, women are given oxytocin to prevent […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Featured, Pharmaceuticals, Wall Street Beat, Women's Health Tagged With: ferringpharmaceuticals, Merck, World Health Organization

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