Vectura said yesterday that the FDA approved an Investigational New Device application for its drug-device combination to treat asthma in children 12 months to 8 years old. The UK-based company’s device, VR647, uses the Akita Jet nebulizer for the delivery of nebulized budesonide. Vectura’s drug-device combination product provides faster delivery time and better lung deposition of budesonide, […]
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Vectura on the hunt for specialized lung drug business
(Reuters) — James Ward-Lilley, the former AstraZeneca executive who created a UK respiratory medicine business in June by merging Vectura and SkyePharma, is already thinking about his next deal. This time he’d like to buy a company with an established U.S. sales force to accelerate the group’s ambitions as it develops specialized lung drugs that are […]