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Assessing the Safety of Inhaled Biopharmaceuticals - Current Issues and Recent Developments

It has long been recognised that inhalation is a very efficient means of introducing foreign substances into the body. As long as 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci realised that inhaled dust could cause lung pathology and so annotated one of his anatomical drawings of lungs - in his characteristic mirror writing - "polvere fa danno" or "dust causes damage".

The importance of inhalation as a route of exposure to injurious substances has long been recognised. For example ...


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By Dr Colin J Hardy, Director of Inhalation Studies at Huntingdon Life Sciences

Dr Colin J Hardy has over 30 years' experience in the safety assessment of inhaled pharmaceutical products. His first degree was in Biological Sciences, specialising in respiratory physiology, and his Doctorate was awarded for work on the effects of inhaled fibres.

Dr Hardy subsequently specialised in lung function testing in laboratory animals before moving into the wider field of inhalation safety assessment. He is currently Director of Inhalation Studies at Huntingdon Life Sciences.

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