MannKind Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic products for diseases such as diabetes and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Based in Danbury, Connecticut, the company was founded in February 1991.
MannKind Corporation was named after its founder, Alfred E. Mann.
History
Founded in February 1991, the company's present form is a result of a 2003 merger of three companies owned by Alfred E. Mann: Pharmaceutical Discovery Corporation (PDC), the cancer vaccine developer CTL ImmunoTherapies, Inc., and its sister company Allecure Corp, which was developing an allergy vaccine technology. Pharmaceutical Discovery was purchased in 2001 from Solomon Steiner; with that purchase MannKind acquired the Technosphere molecule and Medtone inhaler, upon which was developed its lead product, Afrezza (inhalable insulin).[2]
The FDA approved Afrezza on June 27, 2014.[3]
On August 11, 2014 MannKind entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with