The U.S. FDA has granted Orphan Drug designation for DiaPep277 for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients with residual beta cell function. The designation of Orphan Drug status offers 7 years marketing exclusivity from the time of approval....
Category: Cure
Finding a new and plentiful source of insulin production that works naturally within the body is one half of a cure for diabetes...
Diapep277 was discovered in 1990 by Professor Irun Cohen and his team at the Weizmann Institute's Department of Immunology...
Participating in a clinical trial is truly giving of oneself. No matter how my story ends, I will never question my decision to have tried...
Andromeda Biotech has announced positive initial results from a pivotal phase III clinical study of type 1 diabetes treatment, DiaPep227.
The 24-month randomized, placebo-controlled study was designed to assess the safety and efficacy of DiaPep277, a novel immunotherapeutic agent for the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with type 1 diabetes...
The top names in diabetes research will be at TEDxDelMar in San Diego, discussing the future of diabetes care and cure. Want to be there?
ASweetLife, in conjunction with the organizing committee of the event, is giving away 10 free tickets to TEDxDelMar! So if you can be in San Diego on October 15, 2011 and would like to attend, send an email to TEDx@asweetlife.org, and we'll enter you in a drawing.
On October 15th, we will have TEDxDelMar, with seventeen amazing speakers, all talking about what's next in type 1 diabetes...
Diamyd Medical announced it has shifted its focus from the development of the diabetes therapy Diamyd® to the the development of drug candidates for the treatment of chronic pain....
Diamyd Medical has suspended dosing in its US Phase III study, DiaPrevent, with the antigen-based therapy Diamyd® following consultation with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Termination follows a blinded review of the efficacy data collected to date in the study as well as the previously reported negative outcome...
Harrison and his team have pushed forward with a trial of the nasal insulin vaccine believing they are on the path to prevent the autoimmune destruction of beta cells...