This year is the 50th anniversary of the introduction into clinical use of the first modern inhaler for the management of asthma — the pressurised metered-dose inhaler (pMDI). The pMDI was ...

The technology is ready to start phase 3 testing in GSK’s asthma product Ventolin (salbutamol ... gas emissions from the inhaler by around 90%. Pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDI ...

The characteristics of an ideal inhaler are based around the design and formulation of the device, patient use and the clinical effect, together with concordance and patient preference.

contained more gas per puff than other salbutamol metered dose inhalers, comparing it to a 115-mile journey in a petrol car, as both contributed 35kg of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.