{"id":7089,"date":"2010-04-23T05:46:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T09:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2015-12-29T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T13:25:00","slug":"superior-efficacy-of-victoza-compared-to-januvia-in-the-treatment-of-type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7089","title":{"rendered":"Superior Efficacy of Victoza Compared to Januvia in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/NovoNordiskLogo.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7091 lazyload\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"NovoNordiskLogo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/NovoNordiskLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>Novo Nordisk&#8217;s new diabetes drug Victoza proved more effective than Merck &amp; Co&#8217;s Januvia in a head-to-head study published, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>the Lancet<\/em><\/a>.<br \/> The 26-week trial showed that Victoza produced significantly greater reductions in HbA1C, fasting plasma glucose and body weight than Januvia, with similar or better overall treatment satisfaction.<br \/> According to a Novo Nordisk <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novonordisk.com\/press\/news\/news.asp?sShowNewsItemGUID=b5d4774f-07d4-45d4-b40d-42f92fff7c74&amp;sShowLanguageCode=en-GB\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> significantly more patients achieved the HbA<sub>1c<\/sub> targets of &lt;7\u00b70% (American Diabetes Association [ADA]). 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