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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2010
Applicants:

Chad C. Smutney, Watertown, CT (US);

Benoit Adamo, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

John M. Polidoro, Coventry, CT (US);

P. Spencer Kinsey, Sandy Hook, CT (US);

Dennis Overfield, Fairfield, CT (US);

Carl R. Sahi, Coventry, CT (US);

Christine Billings, Danbury, CT (US);

Mark T. Marino, Danbury, CT (US);

Inventors:

Chad C. Smutney, Watertown, CT (US);

Benoit Adamo, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

John M. Polidoro, Coventry, CT (US);

P. Spencer Kinsey, Sandy Hook, CT (US);

Dennis Overfield, Fairfield, CT (US);

Carl R. Sahi, Coventry, CT (US);

Christine Billings, Danbury, CT (US);

Mark T. Marino, Danbury, CT (US);

Assignee:

MannKind Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A pulmonary drug delivery system is disclosed, including a breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, and a cartridge for delivering a dry powder formulation. The inhaler and cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of endocrine disease, for example, diabetes and/or obesity.


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