Propeller Health Receives FDA Clearance for the Propeller Platform in Association with Ellipta Inhaler
MADISON, WI - Nov. 8, 2016 - Propeller Health, the leading digital solution for respiratory medicine, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance to market its Propeller platform for use with GSK's Ellipta® inhaler, the pharmaceutical company's innovative, patented, dry powder inhaler (DPI). The sensor for the Ellipta inhaler was built and cleared as part of a development agreement and R&D collaboration between Propeller and GSK that was announced on December 1, 2015.
"Today, we are pleased to announce the FDA clearance of the Propeller platform for use with GSK's Ellipta inhaler," said David Van Sickle, CEO and co-founder of Propeller. "Inclusion of GSK's Ellipta inhaler in Propeller's digitally-guided therapy platform is an important step in our goal of modernizing the management of respiratory disease. We look forward to working closely with GSK to deploy sensors for the Ellipta inhaler in the U.S. and abroad, in the near term."
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