February 4, 2012
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Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced it is conducting the first major international, prospective observational study designed to understand the real-world obstacles that people with type 2 diabetes face that prevent them from reaching their ultimate treatment goals. Many people with diabetes who take daily insulin resist a progression of insulin therapy that [...]
For the second year in a row, award-winning actor and comedian Anthony Anderson is teaming up with Eli Lilly and Company’s Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes initiative to remove the stereotype of Generation D—the belief that type 2 diabetes is an older person’s disease. Formerly known as “adult-onset” diabetes, type 2 diabetes is [...]
Responding to the growing diabetes and obesity epidemic in the United States, Abbott (NYSE: ABT) is introducing Glucerna® Hunger Smart(TM) nutrition shakes and bars for people with diabetes. Diabetes affects more than 25 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If the current trend continues, one in three Americans will develop [...]
INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) will bring one of its patient education programs to Washington, D.C., September 21-24 during the 2011 Annual Legislative Conference presented by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. In attendance will be Eli Lilly and Company’s Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) [...]
NEW DELHI and MUMBAI, India, – Eli Lilly India (Lilly) and Lupin Limited (Lupin)today announced they have entered into a strategic collaboration to promote and distribute Lilly’s Huminsulin range of products, including Huminsulin R(TM), Huminsulin NPH(TM), Huminsulin 50/50(TM), Huminsulin 30/70(TM) and Humapen Ergo II. Lupin’s India formulations business will promote and distribute the range of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 28, 2010 - Diabetes affects more than 23 million people in the United States today and another 54 million people have pre-diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, while nearly 60 percent of Americans are concerned about developing diabetes, many aren’t taking the necessary steps to protect their [...]
EXETER, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CPEX) today reported preliminary results related to its Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial of the Company’s nasal insulin product, Nasulin™. The study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Nasulin versus placebo over a 6-week treatment period in subjects with Type 2 diabetes who were being treated with [...]
PRINCETON, N.J. & WILMINGTON, Del. – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a New Drug Application (NDA) for an investigational fixed dose combination of ONGLYZA™ (saxagliptin), a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor, and metformin HCl extended-release tablets as a [...]
Basel, March 14, 2010 – Results from a landmark study involving more than 9,000 people showed that the high blood pressure medicine valsartan delayed progression to type 2 diabetes in patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), a common pre-diabetic condition. Primary data from the NAVIGATOR (Nateglinide And Valsartan in [...]
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq:INHX) announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire Inhibitex for
Novartis Consumer Health Inc. (NCH) informed customers, that it is voluntarily recalling all lots of select bottle packaging configurations from retailers of Excedrin® and NoDoz® products with expiry
This past June in a tiny pharmacy in the sleepy suburban town of Medford, New York, a deranged gunman high on prescription drugs executed four innocent victims in cold blood. “In all of my law … [Read More...]
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