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2017 Pipelines: Drugs to watch
The annual Drugs to Watch report forecasts that eight new drugs will enter the market in 2017 and achieve blockbuster sales of more than $900 billion by 2021...
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2017 pipelines: Analysing future trends in the $12billion diabetes market
3 April 2017 | By Dr David Pugh, IDTechEx
The latest 2017 pipelines explores new emerging methods of glucose monitoring, analysing these technologies in the new report from IDTechEx Research...
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EU approval for Sanofi’s type 2 diabetes treatment
19 January 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Editor
Suliqua is an innovative new combination therapy that has the potential to address significant unmet needs for people living with type 2 diabetes in Europe
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FDA to review 3 new diabetes drugs that reduce cardiovascular death risk
5 January 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Editor
In the trial, empagliflozin significantly reduced the relative risk of the combined primary endpoint of cardiovascular death, non-fatal heart attack by 14%...
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Sanofi’s insulin injection Soliqua 100/33 now available in US
4 January 2017 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor
It is indicated for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on basal insulin (less than 60 Units daily) or lixisenatide...
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FDA approval for Sanofi’s Soliqua to treat type 2 Diabetes
29 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor
Soliqua 100/33 is the combination of Lantus (insulin glargine 100 Units/mL) and lixisenatide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, studied in a Phase 3 program...
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Post-meal hyperglycaemia has negative impact on diabetic quality of life
4 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
New data from a study related to post-meal or postprandial glucose control, show that poor PPG control has a negative impact on diabetics quality of life...
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NICE plans to recommend extra ‘triple therapy’ type 2 diabetes drug
7 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Once final guidance is published, dapagliflozin will join two other similar drugs, empagliflozin and canagliflozin, as options for triple therapy...
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Novartis’ global study shows 57% of psoriasis patients didn’t reach clear skin treatment goal
3 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
People with the autoimmune disease, psoriasis, also report that they face discrimination, humiliation, and mental illness...
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Social media sourced Real World Evidence: A new wave in collecting data
3 October 2016 | By Peter Brady, CEO Orbital Media and Dr Martin Goldman, independent medical officer, Iatros Consulting
Dr Martin Goldman joins Peter Brady, Orbital Media's CEO, to discuss how to untap the potential of social media sourced real world evidence...
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Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide reduced major cardiovascular events in 1 in 4 type 2 diabetic adults
21 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Fewer serious adverse events were seen with semaglutide vs placebo; however, treatment discontinuation due to adverse events was more frequent...
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Gelesis appoints new Chief Operating Officer in anticipation of obesity product launch
6 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Gelesis, a biotechnology company focused on developing products to safely induce weight loss and improve glycaemic control, have appointed David Pass, PhD as Chief Operating Officer...
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NHS Scotland approves Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug
9 August 2016 | By Novo Nordisk
The drug was approved using evidence from three phase III studies in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus and five phase III studies in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The researchers discovered that insulin degludec was non-inferior to other long-acting insulin analogues, assessed by the mean change in glycosylated…
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Sanofi receives FDA approval of Adlyxin TM for treatment of adults with Type 2 Diabetes
28 July 2016 | By Sanofi
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved Sanofi's Adlyxin TM (lixisenatide), a once-daily mealtime GLP-1 receptor agonist injection indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes...
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Companies prioritise competitive pricing in type 2 diabetes, says GlobalData
6 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The type 2 diabetes market will see companies prioritisng competitive pricing in order to offset the impact of patent expiries, says GlobalData...
