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I would consider a change from ingestion via IV to insufflation is a pretty major development and all around improvement on the existing drug and.method of admi

by cc439 8y ago

I would consider a change from ingestion via IV to insufflation is a pretty major development and all around improvement on the existing drug and.method of administration. If someone managed to create an ingestable pill or nasal spray for insulin they'd win a Nobel prize. While the scale and importance of that discovery is greater, the fact that such a switch in delivery method is that significant leads me to believe this controversy surrounding a nasal spray is more outrage porn than actual reality.

_Wintermute 8y ago
> If someone managed to create an ingestable pill or nasal spray for insulin they'd win a Nobel prize. We already had inhalable insulin in 2006 (Exubera) and again in 2014 (Afrezza), both of these medications were withdrawn from the market for lack of sales. And yet people still get upset when Pharma spends money on marketing...