Purpose. Special considerations in the selection of medication inhaler devices for elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the ambulatory care setting are reviewed.

this eliminates all the guesswork and uncertainty about how much medicine is left in an inhaler. For example, Ventolin HFA, Advair HFA, and fluticasone have dose counters, Some asthma inhalers do not ...

Asthma inhalers are hand-held devices that allow ... MDIs can recognized by the abbreviation HFA (which stands for the propellant hydrofluoroalkane). These include Ventolin HFA, Proventil HFA, Proair ...

Teva holds an approved NDA for its ProAir® HFA Inhalation Aerosol product, which permits Teva to market and sell an inhaler device that administers the API albuterol sulfate. Teva listed several ...

Teva had listed nine patents in the Orange Book for its ProAir® HFA albuterol inhaler. Five of the patents were directed to a dose counter used for the delivery device or the canister used to ...

Amneal beats Teva’s challenge of ruling on some ProAir patents Decision could impact other ‘junk device listings,’ FTC says Five patents related to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s ProAir HFA ...

U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler agreed with Amneal in June, finding the patents only cover parts of an inhaler device and "do not claim or even mention" ProAir HFA's active ingredient.

After exposure to extreme environmental temperatures, an increase in propellant-leak rate was observed with Proventil HFA and Ventolin HFA MDIs, but little to no change was found in particle size ...