Launch timetable for CFC-free MDIs
| Drug | Company | Product | Date of availability | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salbutamol | Glaxo-Wellcome | Ventolin Evohaler | currently available | CFC Ventolin likely to be withdrawn gradually from Aug 1999 |
| Ventolin Easibreathe | Aug 1999 | |||
| 3M | Airomir | currently available | ||
| Baker Norton | probably Sept–Oct 1999 | |||
| Beclomethasone | Glaxo Wellcome | Becotide Evohaler | probably 2001 | |
| Becotide Easibreathe | probably late 2001 | |||
| 3M | Qvar | currently available | Important dosing issue; requires half the dose of CFC-based MDI for similar effect | |
| Baker Norton | late 1999 | Already available in some European countries | ||
| Fluticasone | Glaxo Wellcome | Flixotide Evohaler | October 1999 |