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Lilly’s New Type 2 Diabetes Drug Receives EU Approval

The new type 2 diabetes drug Trajenta (linagliptin 5 mg film-coated tablets) received Marketing Authorization from the European Commission for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The European Commission has approved linagliptin in combination with metformin and metformin plus sulfonylurea. Linagliptin is also approved for use as monotherapy in patients...

Mannkind Confirms Studies using Afrezza Insulin Threapy

MannKind Corporation announced that it has confirmed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the design of two clinical studies that evaluate the efficacy and safety of AFREZZA (insulin human [rDNA origin]), an investigational, ultra rapid-acting mealtime insulin therapy, administered using MannKind's next-generation inhaler...

Why Victoza Matters

Why bother adding Victoza to an already lengthy list of treatments for type 2 diabetes? Is marginal improvement in a clinical trial enough to warrant educating physicians and patients about yet another option?

Takeda Resubmits New Type 2 Diabetes Drugs for FDA Approval

Takeda has resubmitted two New Drug Applications (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for alogliptin and the fixed-dose combination therapy alogliptin/pioglitazone, which combines alogliptin with pioglitazone, approved in 1999, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, in a single tablet...

FDA Advisory Committee Votes Against Type 2 Diabetes Drug Dapagliflozin

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee meeting reached a decision regarding the New Drug Application, by The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca for the investigational compound dapagliflozin for treatment of type 2 diabetes...

Novo Nordisk New Prefilled Insulin Pen Receives EU Approval

The European Commission has approved Novo Nordisk's new prefilled insulin pen – FlexTouch for use in the EU. The approval is for NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) and Levemir® (insulin detemir) - both modern insulins currently delivered in FlexPen. FlexTouch, the latest prefilled delivery system from Novo Nordisk, offers a new insulin injection experience for users...

New Continuous Glucose Sensor System Developed by PositiveID

PositiveID Corporation announced that it has successfully created and laboratory-tested a stable and reproducible closed-cycle, continuous glucose sensing system that functions in the human blood fractions that are relevant to glucose analysis in the human body. PositiveID's development of the glucose sensor, which is based on RECEPTORS LLC's ("Receptors") proprietary chemistry platform...

First Part of Clinical Trials Completed For InsuLine Diabetes Patch

InsuLine Medical, an Israeli based company whose mission is to develop and market technologies for type 1 and type 2 diabetes, announced that it has completed a first stage clinical trial to examine the effectiveness of its InsuPatch for adults with type 1 diabetes...

Victoza Found More Effective Than Byetta and Januvia In Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

New data from two extension studies presented by Novo Nordisk at the 71st Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) show that Victoza (liraglutide [rDNA origin] injection), taken once-daily, in combination with metformin and/or sulfonylurea, helped patients achieve blood sugar control after switching from other commonly used type 2 diabetes therapies Byetta (exenatide) and Januvia (sitagliptin). Although not..

Insulin Pump Users Benefit from Symlin

New data from two previously completed clinical studies show that Symlin (pramlintide acetate) helped reduce A1c levels, insulin use and body weight in patients with type 1 diabetes who used insulin pumps. The data was presented by Amylin Pharmaceuticals during...