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Light Up The Grill

Grilling season is upon us and this tip is to remind you that grilling is not just about meat. A mix of grilled vegetables like zucchini, carrots, onions, and tomatoes makes a wonderful lunch or dinner. To prepare all you need to do is coat the veggies with a little bit of olive oil.

Bone Breakdown May Be A Cause of Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers led by Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that the skeleton plays an important role in regulating blood sugar and have further illuminated how bone controls this process. The finding, published in Cell, is important because it may lead to more targeted drugs for type 2 diabetes...

GSK Halts Enrollment in Avandia Study at FDA Request

GlaxoSmithKline confirmed today that it will suspend enrollment of new patients in the Thiazolidinedione Intervention with Vitamin D Evaluation (TIDE) clinical trial at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pending FDA review of recommendations from its Advisory Committee meeting July 13-14...

FDA Sends Warning Letter To Abbott Diabetes Unit

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Abbott Laboratories' (ABT) diabetes unit about manufacturing violations involving the company's blood-glucose-monitoring systems, according to a report published on NASDAQ.com...

FDA Accepts AFREZZA Complete Response Resubmission and Sets Target Action Date

MannKind Corporation announced that it has submitted, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted, MannKind's resubmission of its New Drug Application (NDA) for AFREZZA(TM) (insulin human [rDNA origin]) and classified it as a Class 2 resubmission. With the Class 2 designation, the FDA set a corresponding...

Pfizer Stops Diabetic Nerve Pain Drug Trials at FDA Request

Pfizer Inc. announced, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the suspension of the chronic low back pain and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy studies in the clinical program for the investigational compound tanezumab. Investigation of the compound continues in some areas of high unmet medical need, including cancer pain...

Never Check Your Diabetes Bag

Lost luggage: Just about every frequent traveler has had to deal with it. My own worst loss of luggage happened when I flew to Turkey and my suitcase went to London. It was the same trip that Mike forgot to pack his glucometer.

Diamyd and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Agreement Receives Antitrust Clearance

Diamyd Medical AB announced it has received antitrust clearance that closes the transaction announced on June 22, 2010 with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OMJPI), a Johnson & Johnson company. The US Federal Trade Commission's clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvements Act...

Waist Circumference May Predict Type 2 Diabetes Better Than BMI

A new study by researchers at the German Institute for Nutritional Research in Potsdam-Rehbrücke has found that waist circumference gives a better prediction of diabetes risk than does BMI, EurekAlert reports...

GlaxoSmithKline Issues Statement in Response to FDA Advisory Committee Vote on Avandia

GlaxoSmithKline confirmed that a joint advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to allow the diabetes drug Avandia to remain on the market. Committee members voted for recommendations ranging from making no changes to the current label, to revising the label with additional warnings and restrictions...