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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 10-K/A</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Amendment No.&nbsp;1</B>
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    <TD><B>ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0%"><B><B>For the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008</B>
</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>or</B></DIV>

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    <TD><B>TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 12%"><B><B>For the transition period from <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> to </B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Commission file number 000-50865</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>MANNKIND CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-3607736</B><BR>
(IRS Employer<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>28903 North Avenue Paine</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Valencia, California 91355</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(661)&nbsp;775-5300</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number,<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act:</B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act:<BR>
None</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act. <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;No
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;No
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)&nbsp;has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12&nbsp;months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)&nbsp;has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90&nbsp;days. <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;No
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item&nbsp;405 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K is
not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant&#146;s knowledge, in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part&nbsp;III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K.&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one).
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<TD nowrap><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Large accelerated filer&nbsp;</td>
<TD align="center"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Smaller Reporting Company&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;No
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of June&nbsp;30, 2008, the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant, computed by reference to the last sale price of such stock as of such date on the
Nasdaq Global Market, was approximately $73,076,346.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of February&nbsp;13, 2009, there were 102,019,206 shares of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock
outstanding.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 (the <B><I>&#147;Amendment&#148;</I></B>) amends MannKind Corporation&#146;s (the <B><I>&#147;Company&#148;</I></B>) Annual
Report on Form 10-K, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the <B><I>&#147;SEC&#148;</I></B>) on
February&nbsp;27, 2009 (the <B><I>&#147;Original Filing&#148;</I></B>), solely for the purpose of filing a corrected consent
(which consent is filed herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;23.1) of our independent registered public accounting
firm, Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP. The consent filed with the Original Filing contained a clerical
error. Only the consent is being corrected and no revisions have been made to the reports to which
the consent related or to the Company&#146;s financial statements. As required by Rule&nbsp;12b-15 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, new certifications by our principal executive officer
and principal financial officer are filed as exhibits to this Amendment.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing. The
Original Filing continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing, and we have not
updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events which occurred at a date
subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing other than as expressly indicated in this
Amendment.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART IV</B></DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(a) (1). FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The financial statements of MannKind Corporation are included in the Original Filing.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(a) (2). FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All financial statement schedules have been omitted because the required information is not
applicable or not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because
the information required is included in the Original Filing.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(a) (3). EXHIBITS</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Refer to (b)&nbsp;below.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(b)&nbsp;EXHIBITS</B></DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules&nbsp;13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules&nbsp;13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*</TD>
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    <TD>New exhibits filed with this Amendment.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">MANNKIND CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date:
August&nbsp;4, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Matthew J. Pfeffer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Matthew J. Pfeffer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules&nbsp;13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules&nbsp;13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*</TD>
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    <TD>New exhibits filed with this Amendment.</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT
23.1</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-145282 on Form S-3
and Registration Statement<BR>
 Nos. 333-117811, 333-127876, 333-137332, and 333-149049 on Form S-8 of
our reports dated February&nbsp;27, 2009, relating to the financial statements of MannKind Corporation
(a development stage company), and the effectiveness of MannKind Corporation&#146;s internal control
over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of MannKind Corporation for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">/s/ Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Los Angeles, California<BR>
February&nbsp;27, 2009

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I, Alfred E. Mann, certify that:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;I have reviewed this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 10-K/A; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report.
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date:
August&nbsp;4, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center">/s/    Alfred E. Mann
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center"><B>Alfred E. Mann</B>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT 31.2</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I, Matthew J. Pfeffer, certify that:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;I have reviewed this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 10-K/A; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report.
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date: August&nbsp;4, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center">/s/    Matthew J. Pfeffer
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center"><B>Matthew J. Pfeffer<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
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