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BioDuro Launches as Unique Contract Research & Drug Manufacturing Organization
BioDuro, LLC recently announced the formal launch of the BioDuro organization, having merged with Formex to become an end-to-end solution provider for integrated drug discovery…
Averica & Dalton Announce Analytical Chemistry Services Agreement
Averica Discovery Services Inc. and Dalton Pharma Services recently announced a preferred provider agreement involving advanced analytical services. The agreement leverages the strengths of both…
Is Your Plastic Material Suitable for Pharmaceutical Use?
If you are considering registering plastic material with the FDA in a Drug Master File (DMF), evaluating the safety of that plastic is…
West Introduces 1- to 3-mL NovaPure® Plunger for Higher Volume Injections
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, recently announced the availability of the 1- to 3-mL NovaPure® plunger…
Noxilizer Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of a Medical Device Sterilized Using a NO2 Process
Noxilizer, Inc. recently announced a 510(k) clearance from the US FDA for a medical device terminally sterilized using Noxilizer’s nitrogen dioxide sterilization process. "Receiving a…
Oncternal Therapeutics Merges With Tokalas to Form Clinical-Stage Biotechnology Company
Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. and Tokalas, Inc., recently announced the two companies have completed a merger to create a new world-class clinical-stage oncology company with two…
PhRMA Release: Decade of Breakthroughs In Cancer
The pace of science is yielding remarkable innovation for cancer patients as we learn more about the underlying factors driving the spread and growth of…
Agile Sciences Creates a Powerful New Weapon in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
Agile Sciences in Raleigh, NC, has developed a potentially powerful, effective, and affordable means to stem the tide of antibiotic resistance. Results show that their…
Phillips-Medsize Acquires Medicom
Phillips-Medisize Corporation recently announced that it has acquired Medicom Innovation Partner, a leading provider of device strategy, product design, and development services with particular focus…
Genisphere Signs Collaborative Research, Option to License Agreement With MedImmune
Genisphere LLC recently announced it has executed a collaborative research and option to license agreement with MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of…
Gerresheimer Presents New COP Syringes Produced in Germany: Gx RTF ClearJect
On the occasion of this year's customer trade show, Gerresheimer Pharma Days held in Chicago, Illinois, the company presented the first product of its…
New Merger Between Pfizer & Anacor Set to Leverage Companies in Atopic Dermatitis Space
An upcoming merger agreement between Pfizer and Anacor, worth around $5.2 billion, could boost the marketing power of Anacor’s lead pipeline candidate, crisaborole, and pave…
LIPOPHILIC SALTS - Opportunities & Applications in Oral Drug Delivery
Hywel Williams, PhD, Annabel Igonin, PhD, David Vodak, PhD, and Hassan Benameur, PhD, believe lipophilic salts are being explored in a number of different areas and one interesting application is their potential to boost API loading in lipid formulations.
US FDA Grants Fast-Track Designation to Novavax's Vaccine
Novavax, Inc. recently announced the US FDA has granted Fast-Track Designation to Novavax’ RSV F-Protein nanoparticle vaccine candidate (RSV F Vaccine) for the protection of…
Pernix Therapeutics Announces the Issuance of Three New Orange Book Patents
Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. recently announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent Numbers 9,339,499, 9,326,982, and 9,333,201, covering important…
Innocoll Announces Positive Phase III Trial Results
Innocoll recently announced that two placebo-controlled Phase III pivotal studies evaluating XARACOLL (bupivacaine-collagen bioresorbable implant) each achieved the primary endpoint as a post-operative pain relief…
Iceni Pharmaceuticals Launches as New Company
Iceni Pharmaceuticals recently announced its launch as a new company, focusing on developing repurposed and reformulated cancer therapies. The company’s lead product Cilcane (generic name…
Cellectar Biosciences Announces USPTO Issues Patent for New Phospholipid PDC With Paclitaxel
Cellectar Biosciences Announces USPTO Issues Patent for New Phospholipid PDC With Paclitaxel Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. recently announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office has…
The Promise of Stem Cell Research Yields Double-Digit Growth Rates
Although products based on stem cells have yet to form an established market, unlike some other potential applications of bioscience, stem cell technology has already…
New Vasculitis Drug Set to Address a Number of Major Unmet Needs
ChemoCentryx’s CCX168, an orally administered small molecule in development for the treatment of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), has strong potential to address…
