ResMed (NYSE:RMD) said today that it bought Korean home healthcare equipment supplier HB Healthcare for an undisclosed amount. San Diego-based ResMed said the acquisition is aimed at extending its decade-old footprint in South Korea to “millions more patients through HBH and its wider network of trusted distributor partners.” “ResMed has reaffirmed its leading role in Korea’s […]
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Propeller Health study suggests 84% of asthma inhaler use performed incorrectly
ResMed (NYSE:RMD) subsidiary Propeller Health today released results from a new study exploring real-world use of rescue or controller inhalers that indicated that the majority of users did not use their inhalers properly. Results from the research were published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, the Madison, Wisc.-based company said. Read the whole story on […]
ARS Pharmaceuticals wins fast track status for epinephrine nasal spray
ARS Pharmaceuticals said this week that it won fast track status from the FDA for its investigational intranasal epinephrine spray, ARS-1. The San Diego, Calif.-based company’s device is designed to be an easy-to-use treatment for people suffering from severe allergic reactions to food, drugs and insect bites. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug […]
Medtronic risk prediction tool could help prevent opioid deaths: Here’s how
Medtronic officials continue to hone their arguments for how the company’s capnography and oximetry systems could reduce potentially deadly opioid-induced respiratory compromise. The medical device giant on Feb. 17 announced preliminary results of its Prodigy study, in which the company’s Microstream and Nellcor monitoring technology provided continuous capnography and oximetry for 1,496 patients across 16 sites in the […]
Cash-strapped Aradigm declares bankruptcy
Aradigm Corp. (NSDQ:ARDM) announced last week that it’s officially declaring bankruptcy. Strapped for cash, the Calif.-based company resigned to filing for Chapter 11 protection after it couldn’t confirm funding from its primary investor and partner, Grifols. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Vapotherm launches Precision Flow Hi-VNI respiratory device
Vapotherm said today that it launched its next-gen Precision Flow Hi-VNI system intended to relieve respiratory stress in spontaneously breathing patients. The Exeter, N.H.-based company touted that the next-gen device features improvements to both its software and hardware intended to improve reliability. The Precision Flow Hi-VNI system is designed to deliver maskless noninvasive ventilation to […]
Nuvaira raises $79m to support COPD device
Respiratory device developer Nuvaira said today that it raised $79 million in a new equity financing round to support its Lung Denervation System. The Lung Denervation System is intended to treat airway hyper-responsiveness, which the Minneapolis-based company said is a pathophysiologic underpinning of both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, through a procedure called Targeted […]
Propeller, Orion to develop digital asthma, COPD therapy
Propeller Health said today that it inked a deal to connect Orion’s Easyhaler line of inhalers for asthma and COPD with Propeller’s digital medicine platform. The two companies plan to co-develop a sensor that will attach to Orion’s inhalers and pair with a mobile app. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business […]
Pulmatrix wins FDA nod for PhII trial of inhaled anti-fungal therapy
Pulmatrix (NSDQ:PULM) said today that the FDA approved a Phase II trial of the company’s inhaled formulation of the anti-fungal drug itraconazole for the treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in people with asthma. The Lexington, Mass.-based company plans to kick off the trial in the first half of 2019, with top-line data expected in the second […]
Inspire Medical wins coverage from five more BCBS plans
Inspire Medical Systems (NYSE:INSP) (“Inspire”) said it has secured positive coverage policies for its Inspire neurostimulation therapy, intended to treat obstructive sleep apnea, from an additional five Blue Cross Blue Shield Association healthcare plans. These plans include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, BCBS Regence, Premera Blue Cross, BCBS of Kansas, and BCBS of Massachusetts. […]
Mylan wins race for generic Advair approval
FDA has approved the first generic of GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) blockbuster Advair respiratory drug, this one by Mylan (NSDQ:MYL), six months after rejecting Mylan’s application. Canonsburg, PA-based Mylan’s shares jumped 7% to $30.82 at market close after yesterday’s late-afternoon announcement, and were trading at $30.96 mid-morning today. GSK’s stock dipped 2% to$38.70 on the news late yesterday, but had more than […]