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Final Reminder - Copy Deadline: 6th October 2006

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives refer to the Drug Delivery Report (DDR) throughout the year as the main method of independently assessing drug delivery partners.



After reviewing the Autumn/Winter 2005 Drug Delivery Report, I just wanted to say how pleased we are with both our advert and article...

Ken Kirby, Chief Licensing Officer, TransDermal Technologies, Inc.



If you want to complete a deal in 2006, then advertising in the Drug Delivery Report Autumn/Winter 2006 and on drugdeliveryreport.com is a must.

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Market News and Trends

During August 2006, PharmaDeals® Agreements recorded a total of 21 deals relating to drug delivery, 13 more than the total for the previous month. Eleven of the deals involved start up companies, five were between established and start up companies and 4 were between start up companies and academic bodies; one deal was made between two global companies. A wide range of deal types were represented, including manufacture and supply agreements, asset acquisitions, marketing and distributions deals, a joint venture and business acquisition. However, the largest number, 6 in total, were licensing agreements while a further 4 were co-development and collaborative transactions. Seven deals involved neurological drug delivery devices, while other main interest areas included respiratory, research and anti-cancer. Nanotechnology, inhalable devices, a cream, injectables and a toothpaste were among the numerous innovative drug delivery devices and technologies represented among August's deals. Read more...

Featured Article

Nanodroplet Technology Targets Drug Delivery
Nanodroplet technology uses the properties of immiscible fluids to transform continuous fluid streams into highly mono-dispersed, isolated droplets with tight control of droplet size and generation rate. Using droplets, we can provide exquisite control of chemistry in picoliter or femtoliter volumes that may be merged or reacted downstream with other droplets, yielding the ability to tune the internal droplet chemistry and surface chemistry on the near-molecular level. In this article, Dr Donald Ackley, CEO of Nanotrope, Inc., discusses an application of particular interest which is the use of nanodroplets to produce designer nanoparticles for drug delivery. Read more...

Company Profiles

Alkermes, Valois, Novosis, Cardinal Health

Drug Delivery Opportunities

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Featured Opportunity

Clinical Electroporation System for Delivery of DNA Drugs
Administrative Route - Intratumoural, Intramuscular
Indication - DNA plasmid drug delivery
Licence code - LO-0608-06

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