Episode 254 - Michael Castagna, CEO of MannKind Corporation

It’s not often that we get to talk to the partners that help us to be able
to create this podcast. On this episode, Rob talks to the CEO of MannKind
Corporation, Michael Castagna. They discuss:

* Being a doctor of pharmacy and then getting an MBA at a top-tier
school

* Working on the HIV drug that became the first once-a-day one pill
regimen

* Becoming a CEO of a pharma company could expand his ability to help
more people

* Having doubts in self-confidence from being a kid who grew up in
poverty

* Being an expert in two fields

* Inhaled insulin still not being widely known

* Becoming a patient himself

* The legacy of Alfred Mann and the continued mission to help patients

* Mission to help patients vs. the money going to middlemen

* What’s coming up for MannKind in 2024

o More tools and options for patients

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