VALENCIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD) today announced that the company’s chairman and CEO Alfred E. Mann has been named to PharmaVOICE’s list of the “100 Most Inspiring People in the Life Sciences.” Mr. Mann was recognized for his extraordinary leadership and passion in his lifelong roles as a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, for which he has received more than 70 honors from the public and private sectors, including life achievement and humanitarian awards. He was nominated to the list by peers, colleagues and friends who have worked with him throughout his career and who describe him as “boundlessly visionary and persistent.” Throughout Mr. Mann’s nearly 60 years in the life sciences industry, the octogenarian billionaire has founded 17 companies, devoting his professional life to developing innovative medical products and technologies to satisfy the unmet needs of patients with health issues ranging from diabetes and heart disease to hearing impairment and chronic pain.
