Products and Services

CDMO Hovione has announced a partnership with Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC) for development of two new devices for intranasal delivery of dry powder formulations. According to the announcement, the capsule-based single-use and multidose devices will be available exclusively in conjunction with Hovione's nasal drug development and manufacturing services. … [Read more...] about Hovione partners with IDC on new intranasal dry powder delivery devices

Australian CDMO Ab Initio Pharma has announced the opening of a new R&D facility in Sydney, which the company says is "fitted out to provide state-of-the-art testing and R&D services to Australian and overseas companies developing innovative therapeutics." Ab Initio also has a GMP manufacturing facility that was granted a license by the TGA in 2022 to … [Read more...] about Ab Initio Pharma opens new R&D facility

OINDP testing specialists Copley Scientific have launched new versions of their Vertus automated shake and fire system for testing of MDIs and nasal sprays. According to Copley, the Vertus III+ is "comprehensively updated to meet testing requirements for an even wider range of device types," and the DecaVertus III "is a complementary, high throughput … [Read more...] about New versions of Vertus and DecaVertus automated shake and fire systems available from Copley Scientific

TFF Pharmaceuticals has published a paper on bioRxiv titled "Feasibility of Intranasal Delivery of Thin-film Freeze-dried Monoclonal Antibodies" describing characterization and deposition studies of TFF's dry powder AUG-3387 mAbs delivered by Aptar Pharma's Unidose (UDS) powder nasal spray system. In 2021, TFF partnered with Augmenta Bioworks on development of dry … [Read more...] about TFF and Aptar Pharma publish data from feasibility study of intranasal dry powder mAbs

The International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium on Regulation and Science (IPAC‑RS) is highlighting the recent publication of a new paper titled "Laboratory Performance Testing of Aqueous Nasal Inhalation Products for Droplet/Particle Size Distribution: an Assessment from the International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium on Regulation and Science (IPAC‑RS)" … [Read more...] about New paper from IPAC-RS discusses methods for APSD testing of aqueous nasal sprays

US-based CDMO Renaissance Lakewood, which offers a wide range of services for nasal spray development and manufacturing, has announced a significant expansion of its laboratories in New Jersey, the company said. The expansion is part of a larger relocation and upgrade project initiated in 2021 and expected to be completed by early next year. According to Renaissance, … [Read more...] about Renaissance Lakewood announces major spray lab expansion

Copley Scientific has announced the launch of its new Patient Exhalation Simulator (PES) for use in dry powder inhaler development. According to Copley, the PES simulates exhalation into a DPI prior to inhalation of the dose, a type of misuse that can significantly affect delivery of the full dose and which may occur with more than 20% of patients. The company … [Read more...] about Copley Scientific launches new patient exhalation simulator for DPI development