Diabetes relief from an inhaler? Durham company says yes

In the not very distant future, Type 2 diabetes patients may have an option to inhale insulin that acts faster and lasts longer than Lilly’s injected insulin Humalog or its generic, lispro, the current standard treatment. Durham-based Aerami Therapeutics, which changed its name from Dance Biopharm Holdings Inc. on Wednesday, reports that data from its Phase 2 clinical study of Dance 501, a novel gentle mist formulation of human insulin administered with its smart inhaler, showed it had comparable glucodynamic properties to injected insulin, but delivered a faster onset of action. It had no safety issues in the trial.