FDA approves second non CFC-containing albuterol inhaler.

M2 Presswire;  April 20, 2001 ;     471 words ......Although no action to remove the albuterol CFC MDIs from the market is planned at this time...for the eventual removal of albuterol CFC MDIs from the market. Under a current proposed...from the FDA, the removal of albuterol CFC MDIs would take place after there is a complete...

FDA Approves Ozone Friendly Albuterol Inhaler.(Brief Article)

Ozone Depletion Network Online Today;  April 25, 2001 ;     261 words ......to the existence of at least two HFA alternatives. No action for the removal of CFC MDIs has been finalized. FDA noted that the eventual removal of albuterol CFC MDIs would occur through the process of public rulemaking, allowing patients, doctors...

Get the Facts on the Albuterol Inhaler Transition

U.S. Newswire;  May 30, 2008 ;     620 words ......both for Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics FAIRFAX...chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) albuterol metered-do...founder of Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics...frequently than CFC MDIs. HFAs tend to clog...1985, Allergy & Asthma ...

Unhaled drugs pose packaging challenge

Pharmaceutical Technology;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......continues to request exemptions for the CFC MDIs currently on the market and has approved...agency has pledged that it will not remove CFC MDIs until sufficient alternatives exist to...patients ( 1 ). Although a few more non-CFC MDIs are available commercially elsewhere in...

Possible phaseout of CFC MDIs may be halted

Drug Topics;  December 8, 1997 ;     121 words ...Congress passed up a chance to stop FDA plans to phase out chlorofluorocarbon metered-dose inhalers but promised to look at the issue in 1998. A late effort to block the phaseout with an amendment to FDA reform legislation was rebuffed in conference. Several House members have introduced

R.Ph.s can facilitate switch to HFA inhalers

Drug Topics;  March 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......transition need not be complete until Dec. 31, 2008, when albuterol CFC-MDIs must be discontinued as mandated by the Food & Drug Administration...Ideally, transitioning the patient to an HFA inhaler now (while CFC-MDIs are still available) allows time to determine what works best...

Asthmatics Should Inquire About CFC-Free MDIs.(Brief Article)

Ozone Depletion Network Online Today;  June 7, 2000 ;     334 words ......that pharmaceutical companies develop and commercialize CFC-free drug delivery devices. Over time, the presently available CFC MDIs used to treat asthma will be replaced by CFC-free inhalers, said University of California-San Diego School of Medicine associate...

SkyePharma and Novartis Sign Dry Powder Inhaler Deal - Novartis Makes $10...

PR Newswire;  November 17, 1998 ;     615 words ......collaboration in dry powder inhalers. This deal, along with our recent announcement of a collaboration with Sepracor in non-CFC MDIs, should lead to a recognition of our capabilities in this area which have evolved over the last 8 years. Ian Talmage, Head...

First CFC-Free Metered Dose Inhaler Approved for Use in the United States

PR Newswire;  August 16, 1996 ;     699 words ......by the year 2000, with a proposed complete ban by the year 2005. The panel expects specific proposals for the phase-out of CFC MDIs to be in place by 1997, but recommends that signatories to the Protocol act now to limit their availability. Today's FDA approval...

BREATH OF FRESH AIR

Drug Topics;  June 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......professor of pharmacy and pediatrics, University of Florida, and his colleagues meticulously analyzed the data comparing CFC MDIs and HFA MDIs. He stated, "The actual scientific objective evidence we reviewed in our article shows unequivocally that [the...

3M Celebrates 25 Million CFC-Free Metered Dose Inhalers; Physicians and...

PR Newswire;  July 30, 1999 ;     654 words ......successfully use HFA-134a as a propellant. This is one of the important, enabling technologies for the transition of patients from CFC-MDIs which are being phased out under the terms of the Montreal Protocol due to the damaging effects of CFCs on the ozone layer...