Odyssey Health has announced the creation of a subsidiary called Odyssey Neuropharma that will develop intranasal drugs for the treatment of neurological disorders, including PRV-002 intranasal synthetic neurosteroid for the treatment of concussion. In addition to PRV-002, the company says that it intends to develop spray-dried dry powder nasal formulations for the … [Read more...] about Odyssey Health creates subsidiary for development of intranasal drugs
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Blue Water to develop its intranasal S. pneumoniae vaccine for the prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia
Blue Water Vaccines said that it intends to develop its BWV-201 intranasal Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine candidate for the prevention of non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia. The company is already developing the live attenuated intranasal vaccine, which it licensed from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, for the prevention of acute otitis media in children. … [Read more...] about Blue Water to develop its intranasal S. pneumoniae vaccine for the prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia
Intravacc gets funding for intranasal gonorrhea and betacoronavirus vaccines
Dutch intranasal vaccine developer and CDMO Intravacc said that it has received an award of up to $14.6 million from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to support development of an intranasal vaccine against gonorrhea and another award of up to $4.8 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to support … [Read more...] about Intravacc gets funding for intranasal gonorrhea and betacoronavirus vaccines
Pfizer completes acquisition of Biohaven and its zagevepant nasal spray
Pfizer has completed its acquisition of Biohaven Pharmaceutical, including Biohaven's intranasal zavegepant (BHV-3500) calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist, the company said. Pfizer announced that it had acquired the ex-US rights to zavegepant and Nurtec ODT rimegepant from Biohaven January 2022. By the time that the FDA accepted Biohaven's NDA … [Read more...] about Pfizer completes acquisition of Biohaven and its zagevepant nasal spray
HCmed Innovations and AeroRx Therapeutics partner on nebulized LABA/LAMA for COPD
Startup inhaled drug developer AeroRx Therapeutics and nebulizer maker HCmed Innovations have announced that they will partner on development of a nebulized LABA/LAMA inhalation solution for the treatment of COPD. AeroRx is a spinoff of iPharma Labs, which was acquired by Kindeva Drug Delivery earlier this year. In March 2022, HCmed announced that it was partnering … [Read more...] about HCmed Innovations and AeroRx Therapeutics partner on nebulized LABA/LAMA for COPD
Transpire Bio contracts with Recipharm for development of two more inhaled drugs
After announcing a deal with Recipharm for development of two inhaled drugs (TRB-1 and TRB-2) earlier this year, Transpire Bio says that it has signed an agreement with the CDMO for development of an additional two inhaled products. Under the new agreement, Recipharm will provide development services for Transpire's TRB-3 and TRB-4 inhaled therapeutics for the … [Read more...] about Transpire Bio contracts with Recipharm for development of two more inhaled drugs
Ocugen licenses intranasal COVID-19 vaccine from Washington University in St. Louis
Ocugen announced that it has acquired US, European, and Japanese rights to an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine developed at Washington University in St. Louis. In September 2020, Bharat Biotech announced that it had acquired rights to rights to the Washington University intranasal COVID-19 vaccine outside of the United States, Europe, and Japan, and Bharat recently … [Read more...] about Ocugen licenses intranasal COVID-19 vaccine from Washington University in St. Louis
Qnovia raises $17 million for development of inhaled nicotine replacement therapy
According to Qnovia, which recently changed its name from Respira Technologies, the company has closed a $17 million Series A financing round led by Blue Ledge Capital, with the funds intended to support development of the company's RespiRx inhaled nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). The company said that it intends to submit an IND for the NRT product and anticipates … [Read more...] about Qnovia raises $17 million for development of inhaled nicotine replacement therapy
RS BioTherapeutics raises $3 million for development of RSBT-001 inhaled cannabidiolic acid
RS BioTherapeutics, which recently announced positive results from a proof of concept study of its RSBT-001 semi-synthetic cannabidiolic acid (CBDa) in a mouse model, said that the company has raised $3 million in a Seed II funding round. The company says that it is partnered with Synthonics and Marshall University on development of a nebulized formulation of RSBT-001 … [Read more...] about RS BioTherapeutics raises $3 million for development of RSBT-001 inhaled cannabidiolic acid
Recipharm joins IPAC-RS
CDMO and device maker Recipharm has joined the International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium on Regulation and Science (IPAC-RS) as a member, the company announced. Recipharm will be represented on the IPAC-RS Board by Head of Commercial – Advanced Delivery Systems Peter Hirst and Director of Inhalation Sciences and Product Development Lei Mao. According to … [Read more...] about Recipharm joins IPAC-RS