Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has been granted Orphan Drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis…
Research
JDRF Funds Clinical Trial to Test Pig Islet Cells
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation announced today that it is partnering with Living Cell Technologies (LCT), a N…
Fat Loss Boosts Immune System in Obese and Type 2 Diabetics
Scientists from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney Australia have shown for the first time that even mod…
Gene May Tie Stress to Obesity and Diabetes
A research team led by Dr. Alon Chen of the Weizmann Institute’s Neurobiology Department has discovered that changes in …
Sanofi-Aventis and CureMD sign $335M Deal on Diabetes Cure Development
Sanofi-aventis announced that it has signed a global license agreement with CureDM Group on a novel human peptide, Pancr…
The Regeneration of Beta Cells
A new study shows alpha cells in the pancreas, the cells which secrete the hormone glucagon, can regenerate themselves i…
JDRF Funded Researchers Test Topical Drug to Treat Diabetic Macular Edema
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) announced that researchers at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins…
FDA Grants Diamyd Medical´s Diamyd Orphan Drug Designation
Diamyd Medical announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted its type 1 diabetes drug candidate Diamyd® Orpha…
JDRF, Pfizer, Hadassah Medical and the Hebrew University to Collaborate On Diabetes
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) said that it will begin a diabetes research collaboration with Pfizer, …
Amylin and Takeda Advance Development of New Obesity Treatment
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced that following positive phase 2 study r…
