An update of current news in the area of therapeutic delivery covering November 2018

What is it about?

Information sources used in compiling this update for November 2018 activity in the area of therapeutic delivery included company press releases and other news websites. November 2018, the period covered by this article, showed strong activity in mergers/acquisitions and collaborations, including the announcement of a deal for the global manufacture of a micellar nanoparticulate formulation of paclitaxel. The month also brought positive clinical trial news in therapeutic areas such as pancreatic cancer using CAR-T therapies and asthma. In regulatory news, the US FDA issued a warning highlighting concerns about the serious complications that can occur when using unapproved painkillers with implantable drug pumps and approval was announced for an oral film formulation to treat Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. November also saw patents being issued on novel therapeutic delivery methods for ocular delivery and the use of proprietary vitamin A-micellar delivery vehicle.

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