Archive for April, 2008

Inhaled insulin Exubera may cause lung cancer

US drugmakers Pfizer Inc and Nektar Therapeutics on Wednesday warned of cases of lung cancer in clinical trials of their inhaled insulin Exubera.
The findings led Nektar to announce it was abandoning its search for a new marketing partner for the troubled drug, effectively signaling Exubera’s demise after entering the market in January 2006.
Pfizer, the world’s [...]