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The GLP-1 Agonist Debate: How Safe Are Victoza and Bydureon?

The GLP-1 Agonist Debate: How Safe Are Victoza and Bydureon?

The two GLP-1 treatments available are sold under the brand names Byetta and Victoza. The drugs, however, are not very popular with consumers, and are not nearly as popular as they deserve to be, according to Edelman. “It’s a case of clinical inertia on behalf of doctors,” Edelman says regarding one reason why more GLP-1 prescriptions aren’t being written.
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FDA To Re-Evaluate Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Following New Research

The FDA is evaluating unpublished new findings by a group of academic researchers that suggest an increased risk of pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, and pre-cancerous cellular changes called pancreatic duct metaplasia in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with a class of drugs called incretin mimetics.
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Victoza, Novo Nordisk’s Type 2 Diabetes Drug, Available in China

Victoza, Novo Nordisks best selling type 2 diabetes drug is now commercially available in China. Victoza, (liraglutide injection), the first once-daily human Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog, was approved for type 2 diabetes by the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration in March 2011...
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Eu Adopts Positive Opinion on Levemir as an Add-On Therapy to Victoza in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Following a review of new data from a 52-week clinical trial, the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion on the usage of Novo Nordisk’s basal insulin analogue, Levemir, as add-on therapy to Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 analogue, Victoza, in combination with metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes...
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