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Inhaled insulin and drug marketing practices

November 16th, 2007

Inhaled insulin: Here’s a great illustration of how disconnected the drug industry has become from public health….or even individual peoples’ health. When I went to a industry conference a few years back, Pfizer execs were gloating over their great new experimental product, a form of inhaled insulin. The drug was still in clinical trials–meaning they [...]

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