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Tiotropium: An Inhaled Anticholinergic for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Tiotropium powder is supplied in capsules containing tiotropium 18 µg (as tiotropium bromide monohydrate) and lactose monohydrate (as the carrier). [5] Packages containing 6 or 30 capsules with one ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Spiriva Handihaler

Tiotropium (as bromide monohydrate) 18mcg/cap; dry pwd in caps for oral inhalation; with inhaler device. Spiriva Handihaler consists of Spiriva capsules and the Handihaler device. Spiriva capsules ...
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FDA Cautions Against Swallowing Tiotropium and Formoterol Capsules

February 29, 2008 — Many patients receiving treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are swallowing capsules of inhalation powder rather than placing them in inhalation ...
FierceBiotech

Boehringer Ingelheim Announces U.S. Filing for the Fixed-Dose Combination Tiotropium Plus Olodaterol for Patients with COPD

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., August 19, 2014 – Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for the fixed-dose ...
Healio

FDA approves generic tiotropium bromide inhalation powder

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved Lupin’s 18 µg capsules of tiotropium bromide inhalation powder, according to a manufacturer ...
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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of Tiotropium Respimat® for the Maintenance Treatment of COPD

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Aug. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee ...
FiercePharma

SPIRIVA® RESPIMAT® (tiotropium bromide) Inhalation Spray Now Available in the United States

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT Inhalation Spray is now available by prescription through retail pharmacies across the United States for the long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of bronchospasm associated ...
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SPIRIVA HandiHaler Prolonged Time To First COPD Exacerbation, New Study In NEJM Shows

Long-term, Head-to-Head Study Showed SPIRIVA HandiHaler (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) Significantly Prolonged Time to First Moderate or Severe COPD Exacerbation versus Salmeterol HFA-MDI The ...
Medical Xpress

FDA issues Spiriva and Foradil advisory

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health advisory concerning the correct use of Spiriva and Foradil capsules. The FDA said it learned many patients are swallowing the capsules, ...
PharmTech

Boehringer Ingelheim Voluntarily Recalls Certain Lots of Spiriva Handihaler Capsules

Boehringer Ingelheim initiates a recall due to the potential for extrinsic foreign particles in the API used to manufacture Spiriva Handihaler (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) capsules.
Business Wire

SPIRIVA HandiHaler Prolonged Time To First COPD Exacerbation, New Study In NEJM Shows

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), showed that SPIRIVA ® HandiHaler ® (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder), a ...