The first new asthma pill for nearly 20 years has the power to significantly reduce the severity of the condition, a study led by the University of Leicester has found. The research was funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the EU (AirPROM), and is described by the lead researcher as [...]
Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK has announced that Uptravi (selexipag), a selective IP prostacyclin receptor agonist, has been granted marketing authorisation for the long-term treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the EU by the European Commission. Uptravi has been licensed for the long-term treatment of PAH in adult patients with WHO functional class (FC) II-III, either [...]
Martindale Pharma, the UK-based international specialty pharmaceutical company, has announced the regulatory approval of Prenoxad Injection in Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Finland and Estonia following the successful completion of a decentralised procedure (DCP). Developed by Martindale Pharma, Prenoxad Injection is the world’s first take-home naloxone product, designed for use by non-healthcare professionals to treat opioid overdoses [...]
Members of Teva, across Europe, simultaneously spent half an hour breathing their way to a Guinness World Records title through an international breathing class. Healthcare company Teva, which has its European headquarters in Amsterdam, is now recognised as the inaugural holders of the record for, ‘The World’s Largest Breathing Lesson.’ The breathing lessons were held [...]
A recent paper in the journal, Analytical Chemistry, by Nottingham University PhD student, Andreea Iuraş and colleagues from the LBSA in the School of Pharmacy and AstraZeneca has demonstrated a new method for detecting and mapping the physical form of a drug. Using time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) on amorphous and crystallized forms of a number [...]
