Qnovia bags $17M to take inhaled delivery device into the clinic

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Oct 5, 2022

‘Politically motivated’: Sublingual delivery firm hits back against SEC fraud complaint

Zooming in on clinical data, SpyGlass links drug-eluting lenses to 45% drop in eye pressure

Eyeing nicotine replacement market, Qnovia bags $17M to take inhaled delivery device into the clinic

Ocugen sniffs out COVID-19 vaccine opportunity, landing rights to nasal candidate with India authorization

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'Politically motivated': Sublingual delivery firm hits back against SEC fraud complaint

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a sublingual drug delivery company and its CEO with an alleged offering fraud that raised $6.6 million. The company, Vivera Pharmaceuticals, hit back against what it says are “meritless allegations” made in a “politically motivated” litigation filing.
 

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Zooming in on clinical data, SpyGlass links drug-eluting lenses to 45% drop in eye pressure

SpyGlass Pharma has reported early human data on its drug-eluting intraocular lens. The first-in-human clinical trial linked the bimatoprost delivery devices to a 45% reduction in intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Eyeing nicotine replacement market, Qnovia bags $17M to take inhaled delivery device into the clinic

Qnovia has secured the funding to take its lead inhaled drug delivery candidate into the clinic, rounding up $17 million in series A funding to start testing its nicotine replacement therapy in humans next year.

Ocugen sniffs out COVID-19 vaccine opportunity, landing rights to nasal candidate with India authorization

Ocugen has secured exclusive regional rights to an intranasally delivered COVID-19 vaccine, positioning it to advance an intervention that already has emergency authorization in India toward the market in other parts of the world.

Kite's viral vector ambitions take flight as the Gilead subsidiary wins FDA nod for SoCal production plant

Kite's viral vector plant in Southern California has been cleared for liftoff, and, with that, the Gilead company is touting its position as the only cell therapy player able to make in-house viral vectors for both its pipeline prospects and pair of commercial CAR-Ts.

Keytruda taught Merck how to build a blockbuster. But manufacturing a 2nd lightning bolt is easier said than done

Merck's Keytruda has dazzled since first nabbing approval in 2014, earning billions of dollars in revenue and expanding its reach to more than a dozen cancers. But as the drug's patent expiration nears, can Merck manufacture a second clinical lightning strike?
 
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