20-Oct-2010 - Particle Sciences (PSI) becomes provider of Solumer drug delivery tech in deal with Israeli developer SoluBest.
18-Oct-2010 - Drug delivery and pharmaceutical coating technologies firm SurModics will cut jobs and reorganise operations in a bid to reverse falling revenues and tumbling profits.
18-Oct-2010 - Data from a study comparing an oral spray formulation of sildenafil citrate to Viagra has been presented by NovaDel Pharma.
12-Oct-2010 - Halozyme Therapeutics will cut its workforce 25 per cent to focus on strategic alliances and development of most advanced in-house candidates.
11-Oct-2010 - Inviragen and PharmaJet have been awarded a $15.5m (€11.1m) contract by the US NIAID to develop a needle-free dengue vaccine.
11-Oct-2010 - Pfizer has hired Morgan Stanley to review its Capsugel business unit with the possibility of selling the maker of capsules for oral medicines and dietary supplements.
07-Oct-2010 - Novo Nordisk is investing $73m in the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Clayton, North Carolina, to make room for increased production capacity for the biopharma giant’s insulin delivery services.
05-Oct-2010 - RXi and EyeGate lift the lid on ocular delivery of RNAi therapeutics for retinal disorders as the two firm’s team up to provide a unique needle-free solution.
30-Sep-2010 - RXi Pharmaceuticals and EyeGate Pharma will unite to develop non-invasive, needle-free ocular delivery of RNAi therapeutics using the EyeGate II system for the treatment of retinal disorders.
29-Sep-2010 - The US FDA and NIH are funding research into bioinformatics-modelling of nanoparticles as part of a collaborative initiative to advance regulatory science.
27-Sep-2010 - Stirling Products is in discussions with three large pharma interesting in accessing its HDA drug delivery platform.
23-Sep-2010 - Apricus Bio’s NexACT drug delivery technology has qualified as an anti-microbial preservative, according to results from a US Pharmacopeia Preservative Efficacy Test (USP PET).
23-Sep-2010 - Reengineering erythropoietin (EPO) as an immunoglobulin G (IgG) fusion protein enables penetration of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in mice, according to researchers.
21-Sep-2010 - Elan Drug Technologies (EDT) says new bespoke oral solid dose (OSD) service will take its contract manufacturing business beyond drug delivery.
15-Sep-2010 - Apricus Biosciences, formerly NexMed, announce preclinical data shows NexACT technology enables rectal delivery of biologics, including human antibodies.
14-Sep-2010 - Sanofi Pasteur has filed a sBLA with the FDA for an intradermal form of influenza vaccine Fluzone using a microinjection system.
08-Sep-2010 - Sanofi-Aventis is discontinuing use of old insulin pen devices in the UK in response to NPSA guidance.
06-Sep-2010 - Drug delivery company Monosol Rx and partner Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals have received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market a sublingual film formulation of the opioid dependence treatment Suboxone.
02-Sep-2010 - US formulation services provider Bend Research has received a new patent for the process of producing spray-dried solid amorphous dispersions of drugs using single-fluid pressure nozzles.
02-Sep-2010 - Boehringer Ingelheim has opened its ‘Centre of Competence’ (CoC) in Shanghai to optimise API and chemical intermediates sourcing in China.
31-Aug-2010 - Laboratory study shows succinyl-chitosan extended-release (XR) excipient could outperform commercially-available delivery technologies, says Spenser Pharmaceuticals.
31-Aug-2010 - Syringe maker Unilife said it was hit by falling revenues, costs of US relocation and workforce expansion in Q4, but that significant business progress was made in fiscal 2010.
26-Aug-2010 - Transdermal delivery of a broader range of therapeutics could be possible using microdevice fabrication technology Vyteris inked a deal to access.
25-Aug-2010 - Cell penetration and pharmacodynamics boosting “stapled peptide” tech wins Aileron Therapeutics potential billion dollar protein drug development deal with Roche.
24-Aug-2010 - Delivery technology-focused CRO NexMed says it has strengthened its IP position with a new patent award for its NexACT technology from Israeli authorities.