Just thought I’d add a few more specifics on some of Al Mann’s inventions and contributions to humanity. And this list is a partial list, there are many more. I am copying this from the Mannkind boards (I am not an investor but reading them to keep up with vital news (to our family) about Afrezza and it’s future). There is only one other man I can think of who could accomplish all this and he did it through miracles, not through science. This quote is from one of the stockholders on the Mannkind board. Quote:
"He helped the blind see (Second Sight);
and the deaf hear (Advanced Bionics cochlear implants);
and the lame walk (Bioness and AMF are both developing systems to enable the lame to walk).
During his lifetime, Alfred E Mann brought light to those who lived in the shadow of death:
•Pacesetter Systems, Inc., which developed, manufactured and distributed cardiac pacemakers, from 1972 until 1985 when it was acquired by Siemens, AG. From 1985 to September 1992, Mr. Mann continued to serve as Chairman and CEO of the successor company, Siemens-Pacesetter, Inc., Pacesetter is now the Cardiac Rhythm Management unit of St. Jude Medical;
•MiniMed Inc (acquired by Medtronic, Inc. in August 2001) revolutionized diabetes treatment with its insulin pump;
•Mann founded and endowed, and from 1985 until 2006 served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Alfred Mann Foundation, a nonprofit research organization devoted to development of advanced medical products in a variety of fields. Mr. Mann was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alfred Mann Institutes at the University of Southern California and The Technion Institute (Israel), medical research foundations founded and endowed principally by Mr. Mann.
He helped the blind see (Second Sight);
and the deaf hear (Advanced Bionics cochlear implants);
and the lame walk (Bioness and AMF are both developing systems to enable the lame to walk).
During his lifetime, Alfred E Mann brought light to those who lived in the shadow of death:
•Pacesetter Systems, Inc., which developed, manufactured and distributed cardiac pacemakers, from 1972 until 1985 when it was acquired by Siemens, AG. From 1985 to September 1992, Mr. Mann continued to serve as Chairman and CEO of the successor company, Siemens-Pacesetter, Inc., Pacesetter is now the Cardiac Rhythm Management unit of St. Jude Medical;
•MiniMed Inc (acquired by Medtronic, Inc. in August 2001) revolutionized diabetes treatment with its insulin pump;
•Mann founded and endowed, and from 1985 until 2006 served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Alfred Mann Foundation, a nonprofit research organization devoted to development of advanced medical products in a variety of fields. Mr. Mann was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alfred Mann Institutes at the University of Southern California and The Technion Institute (Israel), medical research foundations founded and endowed principally by Mr. Mann.
•MannKind Corporation, which develops novel therapeutics and drug delivery technologies for treatment primarily of diabetes, metabolic disease and cancer, whose lead product Afrezza which, according to early patient testimonials, is enabling diabetics to finally go to sleep at night without the fear of possibly never waking up."
And I can personally attest to the fact that my daughter, who suffered from lows so unpredictable, as well as unpredictable highs overnight, requiring us to take her blood sugar every three or four hours through the night and send her off to college with the bed time target of 150 or 170 if exercising, has lowered her bedtime target to 120 to 130 and wakes up in range. No lows! Yes, you can overdose and go low on Afrezza, of course, but only if you strongly miscalculate a dose. Most lows are in the 60s and 70s and very easy to watch for since you test your blood sugar one hour after eating (at which point you would give another 4 unit dose if high because some food is still digesting, or eat a couple of grams if low… only very very rarely is she low. For my daughter, Afrezza is a miracle!