Your item number 3. mis-quotes Al and I. Al's words were not that there was "no traction". Here is what I wrote and what Al said.

7. Do you still intend to partner Afrezza? If so, why has a big pharma not concluded a partnership with MannKind by now? A: Yes we are still pursuing partnership opportunities with Afrezza.I don’t understand why we are not getting more traction on the partnership matter.

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