WARRINGTON, Pa., Oct. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSCO), a biotechnology company developing its novel synthetic surfactant and aerosol technologies for respiratory diseases, today announces that it has entered into an agreement for a new investment of $0.5 million from PharmaBio Development Inc. (PharmaBio), the former strategic investing subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational Corp. (Quintiles).