Exubera - inhalation dosage form of Insulin ok'd by FDA

[WVUPharm2007]

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Members of the FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 7-2 on Thursday to recommend the agency approve the drug and inhaler device for each of the two major types of diabetes.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/09/09/special_reports/science_technology/15_56_189_8_05.txt


I'm gonna go buy me some Pfizer stock...

 

[Caverject]

Committee approval doesn't mean jack anymore. It's all up to Uncle Lester 🙄

 

[ultracet]

this was on the news last night.....

i about cried i laughed so hard at one thing they said....

it was something along the lines of

this drug works just as well as the injectible HOWEVER
adverse effects reported including increased coughing and difficulty breathing.
these were so severe that people with lung disease may not be able to use the drug

ok i'm sorry i just really thought that was a big fat DUH


they are just trying to scare people

 

[gablet]

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/09/09/special_reports/science_technology/15_56_189_8_05.txt


I'm gonna go buy me some Pfizer stock...

Thank God I read student doctor network threads! I had a pop quiz today in my "Health Care Systems" class that asked about this new drug!

Thanks!

 

[bananaface]

There is some new sleep aid out that is non-addictive. It is a melatonin receptor agonist called Rozerem.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

There's also a new gabapentin analog out that's schedule V - I think it's called Lyerca...