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Propeller Health has partnered with US pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts to provide Propeller's inhaler monitoring platform to asthma and COPD patients enrolled in Express Scripts' Pulmonary Care Value Program. According to the companies, patients enrolled in a pilot program run by Express Scripts significantly improved adherence and used rescue inhalers 80% … [Read more...] about Propeller Health partners with Express Scripts to provide inhaler monitoring

CDMO Pharmaterials, which offers a wide range of development and manufacturing services for inhaled drugs, has been acquired by Quotient Sciences, Quotient said. Pharmaterials was previously owned by PII, which acquired the company in 2008. In 2014, Pharmaterials announced that it was adding a dedicated inhalation development laboratory as part of an expansion of … [Read more...] about Pharmaterials acquired by Quotient Sciences

Copley Scientific has announced the availability of 2 new breath simulators, the BRS 2100 and BRS 3100, that can generate patient-derived breathing profiles for inhaler and nebulizer testing in addition to the pharmacopeoeial standard breathing profiles. Compared to previous generations, the new breath simulators are faster an more flexible, the company said. The … [Read more...] about Copley Scientific launches new breath simulators capable of generating patient-derived breathing profiles

In a series of tweets, H&T Presspart has announced the official opening of a new dose counter/dose indicator manufacturing line at its facility in Marsberg, Germany. In 2014, 3M Drug Delivery Systems announced that it had reached a licensing agreement with Presspart for sales of its Dose by Dose counter and dose indicator. According to H&T Presspart, the … [Read more...] about H&T Presspart opens manufacturing line for dose counter/indicator

US-based Pneuma Respiratory says that it has developed a digital,soft mist inhaler with an electronic droplet ejector system capable of delivering different droplet sizes. According to the company, the device has been validated by two clinical studies in COPD patients. The SMI is breath actuated and connects to a mobile app to track delivery data. Guangxi Li of the … [Read more...] about Pneuma Respiratory introduces digital soft mist inhaler

Capsugel has announced the addition of an Xcelodose 600S filling machine for micro-dosing of powders into capsules at its facility in Edinburgh, Scotland. Capsugel was acquired by Lonza earlier this year. The Edinburgh facility's Site Head Jane Fraser said, “We are pleased to add API-in-capsule micro-dosing services to our clinical services offering at our … [Read more...] about Capsugel adds powder micro-dosing services at its Edinburgh facility

Device manufacturer H&T Presspart has received its first European patent for the eMDI connected metered dose inhaler, the company said. The eMDI contains sensors that record inhaler usage and transmits data to Cohero Health’s BreatheSmart inhaler tracking and lung function measurement platform via Bluetooth. The European patent covers the method used by the eMDI … [Read more...] about H&T Presspart gets European patent for eMDI

Inhaler test equipment manufacturer Copley Scientific has launched The TPK 2100, a new model in its TPK series of critical flow controllers for the testing of dry powder inhalers. The company is also launching a new TPK 2100-R with reversed flow inlet and outlets for alternative testing equipment set-ups. The TPK 2100 model's upgrades include a "fly-by-wire" flow … [Read more...] about Copley Scientific launches TPK 2100 critical flow controller for DPI testing

CDMO Micro-Sphere has added a Harro Höfliger Modu-C MS capsule filling machine at its Lugano, Switzerland facility as part of a €19 million expansion, the company said, adding that the new machine offers 100% check weight control for accurate DPI capsule filling. Micro-Sphere Founder and President of the Board Michele Müller commented, “Low dose capsule filling is … [Read more...] about Micro-Sphere adds Harro Höfliger machine for additional DPI capsule filling capacity