Monday, February 2, 2015

Sanofi launches inhaled insulin for diabetics

A logo is seen in front of the entrance at the headquarters of French drugmaker Sanofi in Paris Sanofi launched an inhalable insulin in the United States on Tuesday in a potential boost for its flagging diabetes drug sales and for patient quality of life. Developed by Mannkind Corp, Afrezza will be the only inhalable insulin on the U.S. market, where Sanofi competes with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk for sales of traditional injectable insulin. Afrezza, which uses a whistle-sized inhaler and works to control blood-sugar levels in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, was developed in the shadow of Pfizer's rival Exubera and approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in June.








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