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FDA approves Tyvaso DPI using MannKind's Technosphere platform; availability June 2022
MANNKIND CORP
- Tyvaso DPI is second FDA-approved product using MannKind's Technosphere inhalation platform; first dry powder inhaled treatment for PAH and PH-ILD.
- Manufacturing of Tyvaso DPI underway at MannKind's Connecticut facility; product availability expected in June 2022.
- Commercial supply agreement with United Therapeutics runs through 2031; initially signed in August 2021.
- Tyvaso DPI uses dry powder formulation and Dreamboat inhaler technology from Afrezza; convenient alternative to liquid nebulization.