UA Startup Catalina Pharma Offers New Method to Treat Anesthesia-Induced Hypothermia

Tucson, Ariz. – Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson and Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center – Phoenix have come up with a new method for treating the decrease in body temperature that occurs under anesthesia during surgery (anesthesia-induced hypothermia). The team, which includes anesthesiologist Amol Patwardhan, M.D., Ph.D., working with Frank Porreca, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona, and Andrej Romanovsky, M.D., Ph.D. at St. Joseph’s, have been investigating the utility of TRPV-1 antagonists to address this condition.Continue reading

Sinema Introduces Fostering Innovation Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On March 22, 2017, Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09) and Congressman Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09) introduced the Fostering Innovation Act, bipartisan legislation to provide commonsense regulatory relief for companies on the cutting edge of scientific and medical research.Continue reading

DEA Schedules Insys Therapeutics’ Syndros (dronabinol oral solution) as Schedule II Drug

On March 23, 2017, Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSY) (“Insys” or the “Company”)  announced that the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) has issued an interim final rule that would result in Syndros™ (dronabinol oral solution) being placed in Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.  On July 1, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved the New Drug Application for Syndros.Continue reading