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Pfizer’s Inhaled Insulin Approved

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Pfizer received approval from the FDA for Exubera Inhalation Powder for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in adults. Exubera was found in clinical trials to be as effective as short-acting insulin injections, and to significantly improve blood sugar control when added to diabetes pills. Exubera, which is expected to be available for patients by mid-year, is the first inhaled form of insulin and the first insulin option that does not need to be administered by injection in the U.S....

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