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“This device will become many patients’ primary epinephrine device because it removes the hurdle to administering epinephrine earlier in the anaphylactic process.” — Haley Overstreet, MD, Aspire Allergy & Sinus

“Today’s approval of the first generic fluticasone propionate inhalation aerosol represents an important step in expanding access to affordable asthma treatment.” – Iilun Murphy, MD, Director of the Office of Generic Drugs in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research