Inhaler

Next Safety Develops an Air-Based Asthma Medication Inhaler That Does Not Use a Refrigerant Propellant

JEFFERSON, N.C., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Inhalers used for delivering albuterol, a fast-acting bronchial dilator, currently use propellants such as ozone-depleting CFC's, which are banned by the FDA beginning December 31st, 2009, or replacement HFA's. Both propellants are also used as industrial r...

Get the Facts on the Albuterol Inhaler Transition

Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics Applauds FDA Public Health Advisory and Offers Critical Facts Patients Need to Know FAIRFAX, Va., May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Millions of asthma patients and their healthcare providers do not know that at the end of this year, their li...

Germ-Fighting Inhaler Could Fend Off Bioterror Agents

Makers say it may protect first responders, or people with weak immune systems MONDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Mention inhalers and most people think of asthma, but new research shows that inhalers could become infection-fighting, lifesaving gear for firemen, emergency workers and o...

New Inhaler is Child's Play

A new inhaler with a child-friendly design aims to solve the problem of dosage variance and patient compliance – key issues with inhaled drug treatments for children.// The new Watchhaler product from Activaero uses novel design features and has been designed to appeal to kids, with vivid co...

Ranbaxy Launches Once-a-day Inhaler For Asthma Patients

Indian pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Friday announced the launch of a branded once-a-day inhaler for asthma patients//. "Ranbaxy has introduced this product for the first time in India. Osonide is available in HFA (Hydroxy fluoro Alkane: the propellant) based pressurised me...

Drug In Asthma inhaler Found To Counteract Benefits

Researcher say recent findings may explain why some patients who use the inhalers actually get worse over time.The ingredient is albuterol, in a class of medications called beta-agonists. In inhalers it is combined with steroids // to open airways and ease the gasping of patients with asthma and ot...

Type of inhaler used in asthma treatment crucial

Asthma is one of the most prevalent diseases in our society with more than five million people being affected with the disease, in the UK alone. According to a major study in the UK, in which researchers examined the medical records of almost 900,000 asthma patients across the UK, asthma sufferers ...

Study disapproves a new Asthma inhaler

A study assessing a new asthma inhaler revealed that it has problems. This investigation was conducted subsequent to the decision of PHARMAC in 2005 to stop// the funding for Ventolin inhalers in favour of Salamol. In the study, 36 asthmatics using the Salamol inhaler were observed. Only 15 of ...

FDA Gives Its Approval For Inhaler

An inhaler which is capable of regulating the blood sugar level has received the approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). // This inhaler will be a source of relief to those people who are suffering from diabetes. The hand-held Exubera inhaler is a rapid-acting, dry powder human ins...

Ecigarettesnational.com Says Claim by FDA and Other Health Organizations Intentionally Misleading

...y either have to pay an outrageous tax to government to get the nicotine or they have to jump through hoops to be able to get an FDA-approved nicotine inhaler that costs just as much as the cigarettes. To avoid the hassle of going to the doctor and getting a prescription, most will choose tobacco. We've trie...

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Inhaler in Medical Technology

Schering-Plough Announces U.S. Filing of Mometasone Furoate/Formoterol Fumarate Combination for the Maintenance Treatment of Asthma

...nformation for ASMANEX TWISTHALER ASMANEX TWISTHALER is not a rescue inhaler and should not be used to treat sudden asthma symptoms. Use a rescue inhaler to relieve sudden asthma symptoms. ASMANEX should not be used to ...

ASMANEX(R) (Mometasone Furoate Dry Powder Inhaler) Now Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma in Adult Patients

...treat bronchial asthma in an innovative dry powder inhaler device," Koestler added. "Schering-Plough K.K. has...tant Safety Information ASMANEX is not a rescue inhaler and should not be used to treat sudden asthma symptoms. Use a rescue inhaler to relieve sudden asthma symptoms. ASMANEX sh...

DOR BioPharma Receives EMEA Agreement on the Design of its Confirmatory Phase 3 Clinical Trial of orBec(R) in GI GVHD

...e. BDP has been marketed in the US and worldwide since the early 1970s as the active pharmaceutical ingredient in a nasal spray and in a metered-dose inhaler for the treatment of patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma. orBec(R) is formulated for oral administration as a single product consisting of two...

Studies Show AFRESA(R) Controls Post-Meal Sugar Levels With Less Weight Gain and Hypoglycemia Risk for Diabetes Patients

...plication (NDA) has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting approval to market AFRESA Inhalation Powder and the AFRESA inhaler for use in adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus for the treatment of hyperglycemia. AFRESA is conveniently administered by oral inh...

AFRESA(R) Phase 3 Pulmonary Function Safety Data in Patients with Diabetes Presented at ADA

...plication (NDA) has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting approval to market AFRESA Inhalation Powder and the AFRESA inhaler for use in adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus for the treatment of hyperglycemia. AFRESA is conveniently administered by oral inh...

PARI Pharma's Nebulized DSCG Shows Results Similar to Inhaled Steroids in Asthma Studies Presented at ATS

... in size upon inhalation when administered via a dry powder or metered dose inhaler (DPI or MDI). This assumption is supported by in-vitro study results previo...thout dose adjustments administered in two inhalations using a metered dose inhaler (MDI) via a holding chamber. The study compared various lung function ...

Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Laboratorios Almirall, S.A. Provide an Update on the Aclidinium Bromide Clinical Development Program

...ing a novel, state-of-the-art multidose dry powder inhaler (MDPI), Genuair(R)(2). Genuair(R) was designed wit... the patient has inhaled correctly. The Genuair(R) inhaler contains multiple doses with a visible dose level ...emark for the Multiple-Dose Dry Powder inhaler (MDPI) and is pending regulatory approval. ...

Alexza Initiates AZ-104 (Staccato(R) Loxapine) Phase 2b Clinical Trial in Patients With Migraine Headaches

...nging to the class of compounds known as dopamine receptor antagonists. The Staccato system technology is a hand-held, chemically-heated, single dose inhaler designed to generate and deliver excipient-free drug aerosol for deep lung delivery that results in IV-like pharmacokinetics. In March 2008, th...

MannKind Reports Successful Completion of Device Bioequivalence Trial

...FirstCall/ -- MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD ) today announced successful completion of its trial to demonstrate equivalence of its commercial inhaler to the version of the device that was used in clinical trials to deliver AFRESA(TM), MannKind's ultra rapid acting insulin that recently completed Pha...

Alexza's AZ-004 (Staccato(R) Loxapine) Meets Primary Endpoint of Treating Acute Agitation in Patients with Bipolar Disorder in Phase 3 Trial

...ine, a drug belonging to the class of compounds known generally as antipsychotics. The Staccato system is a hand-held, chemically-heated, single dose inhaler designed to generate and deliver excipient-free drug aerosol for deep lung delivery that results in IV-like pharmacokinetics. Alexza has now complete...

Inhaler in Medical Products

ACE® Aerosol Cloud Enhancer

Description:... dose. Shipped 25 units per case. Intended Use: The DHD ACE is designed to assist with the delivery of aerosolized medications from metered dose inhaler canisters. Its unique cone-shaped chamber maximizes respirable volume for more effective therapy....
Company:DHD Healthcare

ACE® Aerosol Cloud Enhancer Pediatric Kits

Description:... dose. Shipped 25 units per case. Intended Use: The DHD ACE is designed to assist with the delivery of aerosolized medications from metered dose inhaler canisters. Its unique cone-shaped chamber maximizes respirable volume for more effective therapy....
Company:DHD Healthcare

ACE® Aerosol Cloud Enhancer Kits

Description:... dose. Shipped 25 units per case. Intended Use: The DHD ACE is designed to assist with the delivery of aerosolized medications from metered dose inhaler canisters. Its unique cone-shaped chamber maximizes respirable volume for more effective therapy....
Company:DHD Healthcare

ACE® Aerosol Cloud Enhancer Infant Kit

Description:... dose. Shipped 25 units per case. Intended Use: The DHD ACE is designed to assist with the delivery of aerosolized medications from metered dose inhaler canisters. Its unique cone-shaped chamber maximizes respirable volume for more effective therapy....
Company:DHD Healthcare

Inhaler in Medical Dictionary

Nebulizer

...ake ... A nebulizer changes liquid medicine into fine droplets (in aerosol or mist form) ... A nebulizer may be used instead of a metered dose inhaler (MDI) ... Neb·u·li·zer n. An atomizer. ... In medicine, a nebulizer is a device used to administer ... Can you get sick from giving a child his ...

Inhaler in Biological News

Athletes with asthma need more help from their team trainers

... percent reported screening athletes for EIB, 39 percent indicated a rescue inhaler does not have to be available at all practices and 41 percent say an inhaler does not have to be present at all games. The results suggest an overwhe...

A spoonful of sugar?

..., in when and how they take their medication. This can range from peer pressure, for example not wanting to be seen as different by using their asthma inhaler in front of their friends, to a fear that the medication may have an unwanted side effect, which has been a particular problem in girls with diabetes ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 26, 2007

...s. One exciting approach currently in clinical trials involves using a cell-phone sized device that is triggered by the airflow from inhaling. The inhaler delivers a migraine drug in a user-friendly way and is faster-acting than conventional treatments, Drahl writes. ARTICLE #5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., ...

Cystic fibrosis patients may breathe easier, thanks to bioengineered antimicrobials

...in, without significantly reducing the all-important antimicrobial activity. Although much work remains, future cystic fibrosis patients might use an inhaler to deliver genetically modified charge-reduced antimicrobials to upper airways. There, these non-stick antimicrobials would go to work killing bacteri...

Inhaler in Biological Technology

SiliconSky GPS Designs First AGPS-Enabled Asthma Inhaler for Landmark Research Program

US-based GPS product design firm, SiliconSky GPS, designs and develops a GPS-enabled asthma inhaler that will help a cutting edge epidemiology researcher to better understand asthma triggers. Red Lodge, MT (PRWEB) April 22, 2009 -- SiliconSky GPS , a leading US-based G...

Hovione's TwinCaps(R) Inhaler in Phase III Clinical Trials for Influenza

LOURES, Portugal, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Hovione is pleased to announce that its licensee Daiichi Sankyo (Tokyo, Japan) has informed that it intends to use Hovione's TwinCaps(R) dry powder inhaler device in the launch of the compound CS-8958, an inhaled long-acting neuraminidase inhibitor ac...

MicroDose and Nexus6 Announce Collaboration to Evaluate Application of Remote Patient Compliance Monitoring Technology with MicroDose's Electronic Dry Powder Inhaler

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroDose Technologies, Inc. (MicroDose) and Nexus6 today announced that they have entered into a collaboration to investigate the application of Nexus6's SmartinhalerLive(TM) technology with MicroDose's next generation elec...

DOR BioPharma Announces Publication of orBec(R) Clinical Pulmonary Data in Bone Marrow Transplantation

...e. BDP has been marketed in the US and worldwide since the early 1970s as the active pharmaceutical ingredient in a nasal spray and in a metered-dose inhaler for the treatment of patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma. orBec(R) is formulated for oral administration in GI GVHD patients as a single produ...

Schering-Plough Announces Changes to its Global Collaboration with Novartis to Develop Combination Therapies for Asthma and COPD

...ombination product which will utilize a meter-dose inhaler device while Novartis will assume the remaining de...chering-Plough TWISTHALER(R) multi-dose dry powder inhaler device. There will be a royalty sharing arrangeme...ant Safety Information ASMANEX is not a rescue inhaler and should not be used to treat sudden asthma symp...

MannKind Submits NDA for AFRESA for Treatment of Diabetes

...) (insulin monomer human [rDNA origin]) Inhalation Powder and the AFRESA(R) inhaler for the treatment of adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus for the...halation Powder pre-metered into single unit dose cartridges and the AFRESA inhaler as the delivery device for oral inhalation. However, the feature that dist...

MAP Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 3 Clinical Trial of MAP0004 in Patients with Migraine

...l, orally inhaled acute migraine medication in development which has a multi-targeted mechanism of action, utilizes the company's proprietary TEMPO(R) inhaler and is designed to optimize the key characteristics of dihydroergotamine, an active ingredient which has been used to effectively and safely treat mig...

MAP Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Progress of Two Phase 3 Clinical Programs

...a novel, orally inhaled migraine medication in development which has a multi-targeted mechanism of action, utilizes the company's proprietary TEMPO(R) inhaler and is designed to optimize the key characteristics of dihydroergotamine, an active ingredient which has been used to effectively and safely treat mig...

Video: ASMANEX(R) TWISTHALER(R) 110 MCG (Mometasone Furoate Inhalation Powder) is Now Available Nationwide for the Maintenance Treatment of Asthma in Children Ages 4 to 11

...e first and only once-daily inhaled corticosteroid inhaler approved for children as young as a...e first and only once-daily inhaled corticosteroid inhaler approved for this use in children as young as 4. A... any time, so in addition to use of a quick relief inhaler to treat sudden asthma symptoms and managing asthm...

Nebulized Formoterol Fumarate Has Comparable Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profile to Dry Powder Formulation

...lation Solution (formoterol fumarate inhalation solution; FFIS) has a pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic profile that is comparable to the dry powder inhaler (DPI) formulation of formoterol fumarate, Foradil(R) Aerolizer(R) 12mcg (FA). Perforomist(TM) (formoterol fumarate) Inhalation Solution, the only FD...