MannKind News

However, in all but one case, Afrezza may compete with their strongest and most profitable existing drug or with new drugs in their pipelines.

The prior day's massive insider shares purchased lend support to investor's sentiment that Mannkind would finalize potential buyout or partnership negotiation soon, and this would unlock significant value for shareholders.

MannKind VP Diane Palumbo unloaded 17,901 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 15th.

MannKind fell 3.4% on Thursday after an insider sold shares in the company, Analyst Ratings Net reports.

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Mannkind Corporation is a small company based in Valencia, California, focusing on the development and commercialization of medicine to treat diabetes.

AntriaBio's once-weekly insulin injection is in early-stage development, but as the examples used have shown, potentially disruptive drugs candidates have warranted rich valuations even at early stages.

The ideal partner would be a large, global company with a strong presence in the diabetes care niche but with no product whose sales would be threatened by a successful Afrezza.

Instead, those predictions swung and missed. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the inhaled insulin.

What's taking so long? I jest. But I'm allowed to. MannKind has been talking about a partnership since before the FDA first rejected the drug f Without a doubt, a partnership is the next big catalyst for the stock now that Afrezza is approved.

On June 27, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Afrezza, a first-in-class inhalable insulin/inhaler combination, for adults with diabetes.

MannKind CFO Matthew J. Pfeffer sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st.

MannKind Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of therapeutic products for diseases such as diabetes.

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MannKind COO Hakan Edstrom purchased 1,692 shares of MannKind stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 30th.

June 30, 2014 -- Millions of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes will have another treatment option now that the FDA has approved an inhaled insulin .

Despite the FDA-inspired boost, though, MNKD bears don't seem to be panicking just yet.

In a report published Tuesday, MLV & Co analyst Graig C. Suvannavejh downgraded the rating on MannKind Corporation from Buy to Hold, but raised the price target from $10.00 to $11.00.

The US markets are mixed this afternoon, with the Dow down 0.02%, the S&P up 0.12% and the Nasdaq higher by 0.43%.

Afrezza, a fast-acting form of insulin, for adults with the most common form of diabetes, which affects more than 25 million Americans.