Article: Schering-Plough in Agreement to Market 3M Pharmaceuticals' CFC-free Albuterol Inhaler

MADISON, N.J., and ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Schering- Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) and 3M Pharmaceuticals, a division of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MMM), today announced an agreement under which Schering-Plough will exclusively market in the United States a proprietary 3M albuterol sulfate metered-dose inhaler (MDI) for asthma that uses a new propellant system free of any chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Schering-Plough, with its PROVENTIL(R) line of products, is the leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of albuterol asthma products.

The new CFC-free albuterol MDI, which received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and ...

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