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Lung Cancer
MannKind Addresses Pfizer's Announcement Regarding Exubera
April 22nd, 2008
MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) released the following statement in response to the announcement by Pfizer Inc. that over the course of Exubera's clinical trial program, 6 of the 4,740 patients treated with Exubera developed lung cancer, although Pfizer concluded that there were too few cases to determine whether this observation was related to Exubera. According to Pfizer's "Dear Doctor" letter, Exubera remains a safe and effective medication. It is important to note that each of the patients affected had a history of cigarette smoking, a known, major risk factor for lung cancer. Although the sugar-based Exubera formulation did have a small but statistically significant impact on...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-22)
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