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Numerous studies have described the difficulties patients experience in using metered dose inhalers (MDIs), including a recent article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) that found 86% of hospitalized patients enrolled in a… Read more . . .

On the second day of the Drug Delivery to the Lungs meeting in December 2010 (DDL 21), Xiang Kou, a grad student from the National University of Singapore who had been spending time as a… Read more . . .

The Impactor Sub-Team of the European Pharmaceutical Aerosol Group (EPAG), a consortium of pharmaceutical companies that develop pulmonary and intranasal drugs, has focused its attention on the potential benefits of the abbreviated impactor method (AIM),… Read more . . .

At the next IPAC-RS conference, March 29-31 in Rockville, MD, sponsored by the International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium on Regulation & Science (IPAC-RS), OINDP specialists will have uncommon opportunities to interact with regulators, representatives of patient… Read more . . .

On Friday, December 10, just as the snow was beginning to melt in Edinburgh, DDL 21 concluded with one last podium session. Delegates also had a chance to spend some additional time at the exhibition.… Read more . . .

The second day of DDL 21 offered a wide variety of presentations, a focus on young investigators and the presentation of several awards, in addition to a continuation of the exhibition. By Day 2, most… Read more . . .

DDL 21 kicked off on Wednesday, December 8 with an EPAG workshop on the abbreviated impactor measurement (AIM) technique attended by 85 inhalation scientists who elected to attend the workshop in addition to the main… Read more . . .

Over the past few years, it has become increasingly difficult to ignore the rising cultural influence of social media. One of this year’s top movies documents the founding of Facebook; even major news outlets report… Read more . . .

David Cipolla, Aradigm A  number of outstanding books have been written for medical practitioners who treat lung disease, including Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine and Farzan’s Concise Handbook of Respiratory Diseases.  These books… Read more . . .