Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) today won FDA approval for the first injection-free glucagon for treating severe low blood sugar in diabetes patients. The federal safety watchdog’s approval, of Lilly’s Baqsimi nasal powder and the delivery device developed by Aptar for treating severe hypoglycemia, was based on two studies comparing a single dose of Baqsimi […]
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Aptar Pharma touts FDA approval of nasal spray device
Aptar Pharma said this week that its Bidose nasal spray device won FDA approval for use with a breakthrough depression therapy. The Crystal Lake, Ill.-based company’s Bidose tech enables two-shot nasal drug delivery. Aptar touted its manufacturing facility in Congers, NY, which supports the manufacture of nasal and injectable drug delivery systems. Get the full story […]
Propeller raises $20m and prepares to extend reach beyond digital inhalers
Digital therapeutics company Propeller Health and drug-delivery device-maker Aptar Pharma are teaming up, yet again, to develop an array of connected drug-delivery devices. The pair has worked together in the past – in 2016, the companies launched the world’s first fully-integrated connected metered dose inhaler. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Aptar Pharma’s nasal spray compliance device wins EMA nod
Aptar Pharma said today that the European Medicines Agency approved its electronic nasal lockout device, e-Lockout. The device is the 1st and only fully-integrated electronic nasal drug delivery device to be approved by a European regulatory authority, according to the company. The e-Lockout device is a part of a multi-year development deal with Takeda Pharmaceuticals […]