Drug Delivery

Lexaira Bioscience demonstrates high bioavailability in CBD platform

14-Aug-2018 By Maggie Lynch

Lexaira Bioscience says its DehydraTECH platform has demonstrated significant improvements to the bioavailability of cannabinoids, and could be applied to other pharmaceuticals.

Frequency sounds out progenitor cell activation for hearing restoration

09-Aug-2018 By Maggie Lynch

Frequency Therapeutics initiates a Phase I/II clinical trial for hearing restoration, using progenitor cell activator technology for the first time in adult patients.

Sun Pharma reveals sprinkling of good news, launches novel drug product

07-Aug-2018 By Ben Hargreaves

Sun Pharma has announced that its Kapspargo Sprinkle product, an extended-release heart drug, has been launched in the US market.

Gerresheimer’s €350m acquisition brings in ‘close to reality’ tech

30-Jul-2018 By Ben Hargreaves

The firm’s acquisition of Sensile Medical represents a “new business enhancement”, says Gerresheimer.

Ultrasound and heat-sensitive capsules boost targeted drug delivery

26-Jul-2018 By Ben Hargreaves

Using thermosensitive liposomes and ultrasound, researchers were able to boost drug concentration in patient tumours ten-fold.

Milk-derived drug delivery system given Roche backing

24-Jul-2018 By Ben Hargreaves

Roche has teamed up with PureTech to take advantage of its milk-derived exosome platform to potentially create oral formulations of antisense drugs.

Moderna opens manufacturing site in Massachussets to advance its mRNA pipeline

23-Jul-2018 By Maggie Lynch

Moderna Therapeutics has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Norwood, Massachusetts, built to advance their work in the messenger RNA (mRNA) platform, after announcing the plans for the site in 2016.

AMW owners sell up to YF Capital and Hybio Pharma

16-Jul-2018 By Ben Hargreaves

YF Capital, led by Alibaba co-founder, Jack Ma, and Hybio Pharmaceutical have led the acquisition of AMW, a developer of drug delivery systems.

Virpax inks ‘patch-in-a-can’ deal for pain management

03-Jul-2018 By Flora Southey

Virpax Pharmaceuticals has licensed MedPharm’s topical spray technology to develop a transdermal patch for non-opioid pain management products.

Citrus fruit analysis sparks idea for disposable inhaled drug delivery device

02-Jul-2018 By Nick Taylor

Research into microjets that citrus fruits release when squeezed has uncovered a potentially cheaper, simpler way of delivering inhaled medications.

Significant step taken towards insulin pill

28-Jun-2018 By Ben Hargreaves

Researchers from Harvard University have developed an insulin formulation using two ionic liquids they say could lead to the development of a pill for diabetics.

Nanocage discovery opens door to the delivery of sensitive drugs

27-Jun-2018 By Nick Taylor

Researchers have discovered self-assembling, nanoscale silica cages that could deliver sensitive drugs to their targets.

Flex Pharma to cut two trials, reduce headcount and explore merger options

14-Jun-2018 By Flora Southey

Oral tolerability concerns have prompted the US biotech to close Ph II clinical trial investigations of FLX-787 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT).

Sanofi to develop mRNA vaccines using ex-Shire platform

12-Jun-2018 By Flora Southey

Sanofi Pasteur has teamed with Translate Bio to develop mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases, using a platform developed by subsidiaries of Shire plc.