As a young physicist, Alfred E. Mann was working in electro-optical and semiconductor physics – tinkering with unique ideas that others thought impossible. After early success with his first business, Spectrolab, which produced solar electric systems that powered spacecraft, he turned his attention to medical technology, developing cardiac pacemakers and insulin pumps.
Mann was a prolific technology innovator who founded and largely funded 17 companies across his career. His pioneering ways earned him a long list of credits and honors, but anyone that worked with him first remembers his kindness and generosity.
He firmly believed in creative thinking, teamwork without ego, and above all else – helping people. This spirit lives on through the culture at his namesake company, MannKind Corporation.
Today, MannKind is focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutic products and devices to address serious unmet medical needs for those living with endocrine and orphan lung diseases.
“MannKind is committed to helping people manage health conditions such as diabetes, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease so that they can live life without limits,” explained Michael Castagna, PharmD, chief executive officer at MannKind.
MannKind’s formulation capabilities and device engineering offer rapid and convenient delivery of medicines to the deep lung where they can exert an effect locally or enter the systemic circulation. This designed approach is represented in FDA-approved products such as Afrezza (insulin human) Inhalation Powder and Tyvaso DPI (treprostinil) Inhalation Powder.
“We are proud of our cutting-edge technology, but it is our people who are our most valued asset,” said Stuart Tross, PhD, chief people and workplace officer at MannKind. “Our collective commitment to helping give people control of their health and the freedom to live life to the fullest is at the core of our efforts. It is what drive us.”
“Mannitarians” are energized by the company’s entrepreneurial spirit that provides an environment in which you can evolve ideas quickly and nimbly. MannKind strives to provide a work environment where diversity of background, thought, and perspective is valued and respected. The corporate culture is shaped by individuals who believe in winning together, see challenges as opportunities, are tenacious and push boundaries, bring creative and solutions-based thinking forward, and always keep it real with each other and those they serve.
And the end of the day, MannKind has one goal in mind – pioneering new ways to make life-changing products together that allow for living life “more human.”
For more information, visit mannkindcorp.com.
