Fri, March 19, 2010

Doughnuts for Diabetes

Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago

I’m a type 1 diabetic and I support JDRF.  I think it’s a fantastic organization and I’ve recently been talking to my husband, also type 1 diabetic who is training for the Rotterdam marathon, about whether we could use his marathon as an opportunity to raise funds for JDRF – the…

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Phase III Trials Show Roche’s Type 2 Drug Better Than Januvia

Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Swiss -based pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company Roche Holding AG announced headline results from the second and third of eight T-emerge Phase III studies for taspoglutide.

Taspoglutide is the first once-weekly human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue being developed to…

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Merck’s Diabetes Drug Januvia Linked to Inflammation of the Pancreas

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The FDA announced yesterday that it has received 88 reports of pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) in patients taking the drugs Januvia (or Janumet).  Many of these patients required hospitalization and 53% of the cases resolved once the drug was discontinued.

Since diabetics in…

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