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Nature Biotechnology 25, 1331–1332 (1 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/nbt1207-1331

Pfizer dumps Exubera

George S. Mack

After 11 years of development and barely one full year of sales, New York–based Pfizer dumped the much-anticipated inhaled powder insulin product Exubera on 18 October. This was particularly bad news for partner and product originator Nektar Therapeutics, of San Carlos, California.