Medscape

FDA Approvals: Aerospan HFA, Flovent HFA, Astelin

March 14, 2006 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) formulation of flunisolide for the maintenance treatment of asthma in patients aged 6 ...
FiercePharma

AstraZeneca to discontinue production of PULMICORT® pMDI, other respiratory medicines not affected

AstraZeneca will discontinue the production of PULMICORT® (budesonide) 100 and 200 µg/dose HFA pMDI (pressurised metered dose inhaler) due to complex manufacturing issues related to technical aspects ...
Medscape

Switch to Dry Powder Asthma Inhaler 'Halves Carbon Footprint'

Switching asthma patients from a pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI) to a dry powder inhaler (DPI) for maintenance therapy more than halves their carbon footprint without loss of asthma control, ...
PharmiWeb

Kindeva® commemorates 70 years of the pMDI as inventors are inducted into the ‘National Inventors Hall of Fame’

23RD MARCH 2026: Kindeva, a global CDMO and drug delivery innovator, commemorates 70 years today, since the invention of the pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI), a breakthrough therapy that ...
NBC New York

Is Your Asthma Inhaler Full of Nothing but Air?

If you're having an asthma attack, you assume that with each puff of your inhaler you are getting relief. But, in many cases, it seems inhalers are being used long after they have run out of ...