14-Jun-2010 - OptiNose is to take its nasal drug delivery device into Phase III using $48.5m (€40m) a private equity firm has agreed to invest in the business.
10-Jun-2010 - MonoSol Rx and Applied Pharma Research have agreed to expand their working partnership to produce and market current prescription drug products in film form. This method of drug delivery has gained much momentum recently as an innovative and novel form of administering medication.
09-Jun-2010 - Becton Dickinson (BD) is launching what could be the world’s smallest pen needle designed for insulin delivery. Patients in the United States will be the first recipients as BD aim to head up a market worth roughly $174bn (€145bn).
07-Jun-2010 - Philips and RXi Pharmaceuticals have formed a research agreement to investigate combining their technologies for delivery of RNA interference (RNAi).
01-Jun-2010 - Irish pharmaceutical company Elan says most potential investors are positive about proposal to spin-off drug delivery unit.
01-Jun-2010 - New research could make it possible for scientists to use silicon particles as an effective drug delivery system that enables fragile small interfering RNA (siRNA) based drugs to be directly transported to the disease’s location.
20-May-2010 - Eisai has opened a $100m (€81m), 65,000 sq ft commercial manufacturing and drug development site for intravenous treatments in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, US.
17-May-2010 - Eurand says Zenpap important to Q1 growth that recent FDA move provides the drug with significant potential for further expansion in cystic fibrosis (CF) market
17-May-2010 - 3M Drug Delivery Systems says new nasal MDI overcomes drip drawbacks using evaporating spray technology that can improve drug shelf-life.
10-May-2010 - Administration of Levitra (vardenafil) can increase Herceptin (trastuzumab) delivery to brain metastases, but not surrounding healthy tissue, increasing survival in mice, according to research.
04-May-2010 - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers may soon have a new treatment delivery option thanks to US delivery specialist Antares Pharma’s partnership with Canadian injectables specialist Uman Pharma.
04-May-2010 - Demand for high-tech packaging, H1N1 vaccine products and drug delivery technologies drove growth in Q1 says West Pharmaceutical Services.
03-May-2010 - EyeGate Pharma is collaborating with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to evaluate the delivery if several of the big pharma’s therapies using an ocular delivery system.
29-Apr-2010 - Pro-Tect (PRTT) says new technology patents could drive “revolution” in once-daily drug delivery for pain meds.
20-Apr-2010 - Irish drugmaker Elan has once again raised the possibility of selling its delivery business, Elan Drug Technologies (EDT).
15-Apr-2010 - Becton Dickinson (BD) says its new Hungarian plant will be operational this year and producing more than 500m pre-fillable glass syringes by 2015.
15-Apr-2010 - US firm NuSil Technology says new clean room manufacturing plant will help meet growing demand for silicone compounds for delivery systems.
13-Apr-2010 - US drugmaker Javelin Pharmaceuticals says Hospira’s takeover bid is “superior” and terminates agreement with Myriad Pharmaceuticals (MPI).
12-Apr-2010 - US delivery specialist Penwest is to apply its Timerx tech to “complex” generic pharmaceuticals in a development and commercialisation pact with non-branded drugmaker Alvogen.
06-Apr-2010 - Unilife has initiated a 24/7 manufacturing cycle at its facility at Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, US after it received marketing clearance for its Unitract 1ml insulin syringes from the US FDA.
01-Apr-2010 - US firm Isis Pharmaceuticals could earn $1.5bn from its new antisense RNA drug development partnership with UK pharmaceutical major GSK.
31-Mar-2010 - Silence Therapeutics says extension of RNAi drug delivery collaboration by Dainippon Sumitomo is evidence of technology’s potential.
29-Mar-2010 - RXi Pharmaceuticals has applied its sd-rxRNA to dermal cells, establishing the efficacy of the technology as it seeks to move it on to the next stage of development, a company VP told in-PharmaTechnologist.
24-Mar-2010 - The increasing incidence of chronic and “lifestyle” related disorders will fuel demand for inhalable delivery technologies over the next five years, according to a Global Industry Analysts (GIA) report.
17-Mar-2010 - Compugen has developed a computer-based, in silico system which can assist drug delivery research by identifying peptides that have the potential to penetrate cell membranes.