In response to a comment on this post on the WSJ health blog today, Pharmalyst had the following comment:
Mannkind and Lilly inhaled insulins may be better but this is not a sure bet. Though inhalers here may be much smaller than Exubera, several problems remain:
1. Continued hassles of checking lung function test; reimbursements for these etc
2. Precision dosing/titration of an inhaled powder always a challenge
3. Still not cost-effective in Asia and other developing markets
These are perhaps the reasons that Pfizer decided to abandon Exubera part deux and Lilly & Mannkind better take a critical look at their inhaled insulin programs.
Thoughts?
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