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Exubera, The Inhaled Insulin Passes FDA

Posted: Friday, March 18, 2005

The US Food and Drug Administration has accepted a new drug application by Sanofi-Aventis and Pfizer of the United States for Exubera, a dry powder form of insulin that is inhaled into the lungs prior to eating.

New Oral Drug For Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2005

It enhances the action of insulin and improves the control of blood glucose levels."
"ISF402 lowers blood glucose and has been shown to be more effective when co-administered with injected insulin,"

New Patch May Replace Injections

Posted: Monday, January 24, 2005

They believe it can store drugs, and, when spread on the skin as a film, allow them to dissipate into a patient's bloodstream like a new type of patch

New Gene For Diabetes Found

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

A gene involved in the action of insulin is associated with type 2 diabetes and the body’s response to insulin has been found and reported on."The protein that this gene makes represses the insulin response, so if you are making a lot of this protein, your ability to respond to insulin would be blunted, which would lead to higher glucose (sugar) in your bloodstream. If it is too high, that’s diabetes,"

Inhaled Insulin as Effective as Injection

Posted: Sunday, November 07, 2004

Improved glucose control with no weight gain, less hypoglycemia and no pulmonary changes

Inhaled Insulin Plus Oral Hypoglycemics Effective Long-Term for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Exubera Reduced blood glucose levels in patients with Type 2 diabetes, from an A1c of 9.6 to 7.7%.

Insulin Sooner Than Later For Reduced Risk of Complications

Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2004

The availability of new insulin analogues has expanded therapeutic options and offers the potential to enhance the efficacy of therapeutic regimens for type 2 DM as well as improve the ease and safety of treatment when A1c cannot be maintained <7% on > or =1 oral antidiabetic agent.

Early Insulin May Help Diabetics Avoid It Later

Posted: Friday, May 14, 2004

A short course of insulin therapy may help people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes avoid this therapy later. Reducing blood glucose quickly pays off in long run.

New Insulin Treatment For Canine Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2004

The Food and Drug Administration has approved its first-ever canine diabetic treatment.

Before today's announcement, veterinarians would treat diabetes in dogs using human insulin. But the F-D-A says human insulin isn't compatible with a dog's metabolic system

Novo’s Inhaled Insulin Is Pulled From Further Research

Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Aradigm Corp., which is developing an inhaled form of insulin, said partner Novo Nordisk A/S is ending a study on the experimental treatment because it did not work as well as the injectable form.