Tudorza Pressair (TU-door-za, aclidinium), a new inhaled bronchodilator for COPD

December 2012

Reps will promote Tudorza Pressair (TU-door-za, aclidinium), a new inhaled bronchodilator for COPD.

It's an anticholinergic...comparable to tiotropium (Spiriva) for maintenance therapy of COPD.

Tudorza comes in an easy-to-use inhalation device...but it must be used twice daily.

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