Echo touts positive results for transdermal system; pSivida gets patent for micro needle;

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> During the weekend's American Diabetes Association gathering, Echo Therapeutics ($ECTE) unveiled trial data of its Symphony tCGM glucose monitor--which uses the company's skin-permeation platform--demonstrating the device's accuracy. More

> Biodel ($BIOD) has licensed Aegis Therapeutics' transmucosal absorption tech Intravail to develop glucagon treatments for diabetics. News

> pSivida, maker of drug-emitting back-of-the-eye implants, secured a patent for a new inserter the company says will allow doctors to get its devices into patients with far less force. Story

> Drug delivery CRO Particle Sciences has expanded its offerings to include polymer-based films that can deliver liquid-formulation drugs. Release