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Nanosphere foam delivers drugs to the bladder
Researchers at the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University in Germany are developing a controlled-release foam that can deliver drugs to treat diseases such as overactive bladder.
With Éclat, Flamel gains regulatory brains, drug delivery pipeline
French drug delivery company Flamel Technologies ( $FLML ) is snatching up St. Louis-based Éclat Pharmaceuticals to access its specialty pharmaceutical and regulatory muscle for a planned expansion in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Columbia Labs won't give up on controlled-release vaginal gel
Columbia Laboratories is cutting 42% of its workforce and moving ahead with plans to advance a vaginal progesterone gel, despite FDA's rejection of the product.
Sol-Gel seals $27M dermatology drug delivery deal with mystery partner
Israeli pharmaceutical company Sol-Gel Technologies says it nailed down a $27 million development and licensing deal with an as-yet unnamed U.S. pharmaceutical company regarding a "major"...
MicroCHIPS' wireless implantable device delivered osteoporosis drug in people
MicroCHIPS heavily promoted some long-awaited good news this week about its wireless, implantable drug delivery microchip. A small human trial proved that it can work in people, and the patients were...
Titan plans Q3 NDA submission for controlled-release implantable addiction treatment
Titan Pharmaceuticals ( $TTNP ) now envisions an NDA submission to the FDA for its implantable, controlled release treatment for opioid dependence during its fiscal 2012 third quarter. The South San...
Amylin gets FDA OK for weekly diabetes drug Bydureon
Say hello to Bydureon , a once-weekly injectable treatment for Type 2 diabetes finally approved by the FDA on Jan. 27. Amylin Pharmaceuticals ( $AMLN ) developed the drug using controlled release drug
Takeda abandons Euro rights to Durect's controlled-release pain drug
For the second time this year, Durect ($DRRX) faces a setback over its controlled-release anti-pain drug Posidur. The Cupertino, CA-based company disclosed that its European development and marketing
Microscale gelatin mold can cook up drug-delivering particles
The chefs at MIT's Langer Lab have cooked up another batch of possible drug-delivery devices. This time, they're in the form of a kind of microscale gelatin mold that can form layered microparticles
