BioDelivery Sciences International

Pharma

BDSI’s opioid-addiction drug candidate aims to challenge market leader RB

An opioid-dependence treatment being developed by BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI) is on track for a New Drug Application filing in the second half of 2012, making it a contender to compete against current market leader Reckitt Benckiser (LSE:RB). Raleigh, North Carolina-based specialty pharmaceutical company BDSI announced positive preliminary results from a clinical trialĀ  that studied […]

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FDA’s REMS program puts BDSI at a disadvantage in cancer drug market

Commercializing a new drug in the face of strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines is tough. It’s even tougher when direct competitors don’t have those same limits. That’s the situation facing Raleigh, North Carolina-based BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI). A cancer patient seeking relief from breakthrough cancer pain would be able to fill a prescription […]

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NC pharma BioDelivery Sciences gets patent extension in Canada

North Carolina pharmaceutical company BioDelivery Sciences International has extended its patent in Canada by 10 years, giving additional protection for the company’s core drug delivery technology. Raleigh, North Carolina based BDSI’s (NASDAQ:BDSI) drug delivery technology releases medicine to a patient via a small piece of dissolvable film placed on the inside of the cheek. BDSI […]