In Brief: 3M Pharmaceuticals
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
3M Pharmaceuticals: Receives FDA marketing approval for Proventil HFA, "the first chlorofluorocarbon-free metered dose inhaler" in the U.S. Proventil uses hydrofluoroalkane-134a, which has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency as a replacement for ozone-damaging chlorofluorocarbons, as a propellant for the asthma medication albuterol sulfate, the St. Paul Minnesota firm explains. 3M will manufacture Proventil; Schering-Plough is the exclusive U.S. distributor...