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New pump created for microneedle drug-delivery patch
Purdue University researchers have developed a new type of pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of "microneedles" to deliver a wider range of medications than now possible with conventional patches.
Source: Purdue University
date added: 1 September 10
Alimera Sciences' Iluvien receives FDA Priority Review for the treatment of diabetic macular edema
......FDA Priority Review status is granted to therapies that offer major advances in treatment or provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists.
Source: GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network - Alimera Sciences
date added: 1 September 10
GlucaGen hypokit being recalled in Canada
Health Canada is informing Canadians that Novo Nordisk Canada Inc. has agreed to voluntarily recall two lots (YW60335 and YW60351) of their product, GlucaGen Hypokit (DIN 02333627) currently available on the Canadian market.
Source: Health Canada
date added: 30 August 10
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Study compares risk with two diabetes drugs
In contrast to previous reports, the risks of the composite endpoint of heart attack, heart failure, both, or death were the same – about 4 percent – for patients taking the diabetes drugs rosiglitazone or pioglitazone, according to a study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Source: American Heart Association
date added: 26 August 10
Novo Nordisk creates “App” to help doctors dose insulin, supporting new trend in diabetes care
Novo Nordisk announced today the availability of NovoDoseTM – the first-ever mobile insulin dosing guide for physicians to look up dosing guidelines and blood glucose goals for their patients with diabetes
Source: Novo Nordisk
date added: 26 August 10
Antibiotic may reduce stroke risk and injury in diabetics
A daily dose of an old antibiotic may help diabetics avoid a stroke or at least minimize its damage, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.
Source: Medical College of Georgia
date added: 24 August 10
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MannKind Corporation providing AFREZZA to JDRF for Artificial Pancreas Project
......The study will be managed in conjunction with the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Source: BUSINESS WIRE via MannKind
date added: 24 August 10
Approval of additional indication of NESINA: combination therapy with Thiazolidinediones for Type 2 Diabetes in Japan
Takeday announced that an additional indication for “NESINA®” (generic name: Alogliptin), combination therapy with thiazolidinediones for type 2 diabetes, was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Source: Takeda
date added: 24 August 10
Novel diabetes hope comes from Chinese herbs
Study is published in the British Journal of Pharmacology.
Source: EurekAlert!
date added: 20 August 10
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JDRF and Sanford Health to test novel beta-cell regeneration therapy for type 1 diabetes
...The trial follows up on research supported by JDRF that shows that combining two oral medications was effective in regenerating insulin-producing cells in mice with type 1 diabetes.
Source: JDRF
date added: 17 August 10
JDRF launches research program to accelerate delivery of faster acting insulin; key step on road to an artificial pancreas
Studies with Viaject (Biodel) and AFREZZA (MannKind Corporation) funded.
Source: JDRF
date added: 17 August 10
Patients with diabetes may need fewer medications after bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery appears to be associated with reduced use of medications and lower health care costs among patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals
date added: 17 August 10
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Giving out statins with junk food could increase the risk of diabetes
New research claiming that fast food restaurants should give out statins to combat the effects of fatty food could encourage people to lead unhealthier lives and increase the risk of people developing Type 2 diabetes.
Source: Diabetes UK
date added: 17 August 10
Data from meta-analysis show Victoza achieved improved blood sugar control in African-Americans With type 2 diabetes
......The meta-analysis of phase 3 data from the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD) trials were presented at the 2010 National Medical Association Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly.
Source: Novo Nordisk
date added: 10 August 10
Drug trials funded by industry are more likely to publish favorable results
When published results are systematically tracked for drug trials registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, those from industry-funded trials are the likeliest to be favorable to the drug in question, report researchers at Children's Hospital Boston.
Source: Children's Hospital Boston
date added: 5 August 10
LCT receives approval to expand DIABECELL NZ Trial
......To date, eight insulin dependent diabetes patients have received the implants DIABECELL® , LCT’s encapsulated porcine islets, and now another four patients will be enrolled into the dose ranging trial.
Source: Living Cell Technologies
date added: 5 August 10
Novo Nordisk's decision to pull Mixtard 30 from the UK could add £9 million to the NHS drugs bill
Statement is made in an editorial in the "Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin".
Source: EurekAlert!
date added: 5 August 10
UK: Forty per cent rise in cost and number of drug items prescribed to treat diabetes in England, NHS Information Centre report shows
Just over 35.5 million prescription items were dispensed to treat diabetes in 2009/10 at a net ingredient cost of nearly £650 million – a rise of more than 40 per cent over five years - a new report from The NHS Information Centre shows...
Source: NHS
date added: 3 August 10
Thiazolidinediones linked to fractures in type 2 diabetic patients
Study to be published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
Source: The Endocrine Society
date added: 29 July 10
Breakdown of bone keeps blood sugar in check, new study finds
Researchers led by Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that the skeleton plays an important role in regulating blood sugar and have further illuminated how bone controls this process.
Source: Columbia University Medical Center
date added: 27 July 10
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