The FDA has approved Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim's new type 2 diabetes treatment Jentadueto (linagliptin/metformin hydrochloride), which combines DPP-4 inhibitor, linagliptin (the active ingredient in Tradjenta™ (linagliptin) tablets), and metformin in a single tablet...
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The FDA has issued a complete response letter regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for investigational compound dapagliflozin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults submitted by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca...
JDRF-funded researchers have begun enrolling adult patients with type 1 diabetes in the REMOVAL study, to test whether metformin-a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes-could help prevent or reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications in people with type 1 diabetes...
The European Commission has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca's ONGLYZA (saxagliptin) for use as a combination therapy with insulin (with or without metformin) to improve blood sugar (glycemic) control in adult patients with type 2 diabetes...
The FDA has approved a new treatment for type 2 diabetes that combines the glucose-lowering medication sitagliptin, the active component of JANUVIA, with the cholesterol-lowering medication ZOCOR (simvastatin). The new drug, produced by Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, will be...
Takeda Pharmaceutical announced the launch of LIOVEL®, a fixed dose combination tablet of NESINA® (alogliptin) and ACTOS® (pioglitazone HCl) for treatment of type 2 diabetes.
LIOVEL is a tablet taken orally once daily and has two dosage strengths
Results of an investigational Phase 3b clinical study, presented by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca at the 47th European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), have shown that adding ONGLYZA (saxagliptin) 5 mg to ongoing insulin therapy (with or without metformin) maintained reductions of blood sugar levels (glycosylated hemoglobin levels, or HbA1c) in adult patients with type 2 diabetes...
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...
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...
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...