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Secondary Failure of Glucose Control With Metformin, Sulfonylurea, or TZD's Monotherapy

Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

Which drugs are the ones to sustain good control, the longest?

New Class of Diabetes Drugs Effective in Controlling Blood Glucose

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

First Phase II Short-Term Study on Dapagliflozin Shows Results on Safety, Tolerability and Glycemic Markers in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.

New BG Test - The BIGTT Test

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007

A novel test for the simultaneous measurement of pancreatic beta-cell function, insulin sensitivity, and glucose tolerance has been developed and validated.

Type 1 Diabetics Stop Insulin Injections After Risky Experiment

Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

Risky Brazil Experiment Enables Type I Diabetics to Live Without Insulin, Other Medicines

First Person Gets New Vaccine Against Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

A Melbourne 11-year old schoolboy is the first person in the world to take a pioneering vaccine against diabetes.

Combination Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Researchers have now carefully crafted a combination therapy that reverses recent-onset type 1 diabetes in 2 animal models of disease.

New Possible Drug for Neuropathic Pain

Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Preliminary results from a phase III withdrawal-design trial with lacosamide in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy show that lacosamide was statistically significant over placebo in reducing pain scores. SCHWARZ PHARMA plans for regulatory submission during the second half of 2007.

MannKind Corporation Will Submit for FDA Approval for It’s SUPRA Inhaled Insulin

Posted: Thursday, February 08, 2007

It has been described by Jay Skyler, a leading diabetologist, as the first in a new class of diabetic therapies, "Supra-Rapid Acting Insulin’s", that can change the way diabetes is treated.

Clinical Trials of Polypills for CVD Begin

Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2007

Polypill will contain aspirin, lisinopril, simvastatin, and atenolol, and will cost 2 dollars a month.

Cannabinoid Spray (Sativex) Improves Neuropathic Pain

Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2007

GW Pharmaceuticals announced preliminary results of two Phase III studies of Sativex®, its cannabinoid spray medicine, in peripheral neuropathic pain.