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Diabetes Drugs are responsible for helping to decrease blood sugar levels so that you can try to stay in a healthier range and help avoid serious complications.

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Debates in type 1 diabetes – what is the future of technology and what is a “cure"? Part three of our interview with David Panzirer and Dana Ball.
Twitter summary: New Sanofi & MannKind partnership to bring inhaled insulin Afrezza to US in early 2015, presumably primarily to type 2 patients to start On August...
Twitter summary: Roche’s Lucentis granted “priority review” from FDA – decision by Feb. 2015, potentially 1 st ever eye medicine for diabetic retinopathy Roche recently...
Advances in type 1 diabetes at The American Diabetes Association 74th Scientific Sessions
Twitter summary: FDA approves first-ever SGLT-2 inhibitor/metformin combo pill in the US – Janssens’s Invokamet launched Aug 18 On August 8, Janssen announced the FDA...
Kicking off this weekend, what are we most excited about for this year’s ADA?
How a major research study is challenging an outdated FDA restriction.
What this dramatic movement in obesity therapy means for patients in Europe.
By Kelly Close Twitter Summary: @kellyclose speaks to @US_FDA in favor of PCSK9 inhibitor drug Praluent – need to bring more options to #PWD to fight against CV disease...
How this “disease interception” strategy could transform our knowledge of type 1 diabetes.
Dr. Doug Melton and colleagues at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute recently announced new partnerships with Novartis and AstraZeneca to advance stem cell research for...
One of the biggest drug highlights at the 2015 ADA Scientific Sessions was a compelling presentation by diaTribe scientific Advisory Board member Dr. John Buse on brand...
First-ever SGLT-2/DPP-4 inhibitor drug, will this combination cut costs for patients?
Over seven million Americans have diabetic retinopathy – how Eylea provides another treatment for this serious complication.
How will a new drug fare in a 4,000-patient, four-year study?
Another diabetes drug that helps people lose weight?
Twitter summary: JAMA study shows that metformin is safest first-line therapy for type 2 diabetes – future GRADE study to show best second-line therapy The journal JAMA...
Current trial results show that obese patients using Contrave are about 41% less likely to experience any major heart event (e.g. heart attack, strokes, or heart-related...
After the rapid-acting inhaled insulin Afrezza launched this February, we have been very eager to learn more about how this new product impacts patients’ day-to-day...
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00920582 This study is currently recruiting patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to investigate the efficacy of teplizumab...

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