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New drug delivery system slows water filtration, displaces air
Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Boston University have concocted a new drug delivery mechanism that could work over a period of months, carrying a pain or cancer treatment.
UPDATED: Pacira nets $49M in offering to fuel pain drug Exparel's launch
Pacira Pharmaceuticals ( $PCRX ) expects to raise $49 million from a follow-on offering completed Tuesday to help propel the commercial launch of Exparel, a non-opioid treatment for post-surgical pain...
Nano-capsules may solve solubility problem of anti-cancer drug
Poorly soluble drugs are a problem. The body generally sees them as alien invaders and works like crazy to get them out of the body. It's an especially big problem for lipophilic drugs like
FDA takes aim at some XR cold meds
The FDA made one of its latest big moves in the name of patient safety on March 2. The agency called for the stop of sales of about 500 unapproved prescription allergy, cold, and cough
FDA panel says OK to Vivitrol for opioid dependence
An FDA panel has recommended that Vivitrol, a drug that treats alcohol dependence through a drug-delivery technology by Alkermes, also be allowed to treat addiction to opioids like heroin. The FDA's
