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Biotech startup Egalet lassos $14.3M B round, new CEO
Pain med developer Egalet has found a new investor for a second-round financing and hired former Eli Lilly employee Bob Radie as president and CEO.
Can Medasys' new drug pump challenge Medtronic?
With U.S. regulatory approval in hand, Medasys is seeking investors to help fund the commercial launch of its programmable implantable drug pump to treat pain, MedCity News is reporting. The Mount
FDA issues new guidelines for transmucosal delivery of pain drug
As of Dec. 29, the FDA has placed every product featuring the transmucosal delivery of fentanyl under a single Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, also known as REMS. Fentanyl is used to treat
Zalicus begins new human trial of reformulated pain drug
Zalicus Inc. ($ZLCS) is proceeding with a Phase I clinical trial of a new pain drug designed to use "multiple state-of-the-art" drug delivery techniques so it is more soluble and present in the body
Royal DSM injects delivery tech into scar-reduction alliance
In an expansion of its growing body of work in drug delivery, Dutch materials giant Royal DSM has struck a deal with AdeTherapeutics to advance development of treatments for pain management and scar
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...
Pacira's long-acting pain drug advancing
En route to a potential FDA approval next month, Pacira Pharmaceuticals ( $PCRX ) reports data from previous trials of its lead drug Exparel for postsurgical pain. In patients who had surgery to
New nasal delivery method may offer faster, better pain relief
Through the nose might be a better, non-invasive route to pain relief using a "pressurized olfactory device" (POD) to deliver opioid drugs, according to research outlined in the September issue of
Venus Remedies gets European patent for painkiller injection
India's Venus Remedies has been granted a patent by the European Patent Office for its drug Achnil, a once-a-day painkiller injection. "This novel formulation based on NDDS (Novel Drug Delivery
A crop of anti-pain meds rigged to thwart abuse
While anti-pain drugs are a multibillion-dollar business for pharmaceutical firms, some of the treatments such as oxycodone have been abused. This has created a market for technologies that are
