Novo Nordisk has received approval from Health Canada for its Levemir FlexTouch, a disposable prefilled insulin pen containing Levemir (insulin detemir), designed to treat patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. FlexTouch has an easy ...
Tags: Treatment of Diabetes, Insulin Pen
US-based biopharmaceutical company MannKind has resubmitted a new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking marketing authorization for its AFREZZA inhalation powder, indicated to improve glycemic control ...
Tags: Insulin Application, biopharmaceutical company MannKind
Glucose is produced by the conversion of carbohydrates into sugar in the body. This is a normal process in a normal person but can the process can be entirely different for a person suffering from diabetes. Patients that suffer from ...
Oral drug delivery systems developer Oramed Pharmaceuticals has submitted a pre-Investigational New Drug (pre-IND) seeking approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a trial on its orally ingestible exenatide ...
Japan-based Takeda Pharma has received positive CHMP opinion for its three new type 2 diabetes therapies from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). The therapies include Vipidia ...
Tags: Therapies, CHMP Opinion
Norwegian cardiovascular biopharma Serodus has signed a merger agreement with Danish peptide specialist Phlogo to expand cardiovascular drug candidate portfolio. Subject to approval by an EGM, the merger is expected to accelerate Serodus' ...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim's marketing authorisation application (MAA) for a new insulin glargine product, LY2963016, for review. The application has been filed through ...
Vivus has revealed the initial availability of Qsymia (phentermine and topiramate extended-release) capsules CIV in 8,000 Walgreens, Costco and Duane Reade retail pharmacies in the US. Qsymia is indicated as an adjunct to a ...
Tags: Qsymia, Pharmacies, Vivus
Miraculins, a Canada-based medical diagnostic company, has acquired VeraLight's SCOUT DS technology, which screens diabetes by non-invasively measuring changes in the skin composition. These changes in the skin composition indicates ...
Tags: Miraculins, Screening Technology
Eisai has announced the availability of Belviq (lorcaserin HCl) CIV tablets in the US, which is designed for chronic weight management in adults who are overweight with a comorbidity or obesity. Indicated for people with body mass ...
Tags: Eisai, Weight Management Therapy
Valeritas, insulin delivery devices maker, has announced that it has closed a structured debt financing with Capital Royalty which will provide the company with about $100m in order to further commercialize V-Go. Designed to be easier to ...
MannKind has completed the Phase 3 clinical study of Afrezza (insulin human [rDNA origin]) in patients with type 1 diabetes and expects to release the data in the summer of 2013. Administered using MannKind's next-generation inhaler, the ...
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is seeking manufacturing and marketing approval of TA-7284 (generic name: canagliflozin) in Japan. The company filed a new drug application to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan for TA-7284 to ...
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Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk has announced plans to launch its obesity treatment drug, liraglutide, in the US by the end of 2014. Novo chief scientific officer Mads Thomsen was quoted by health24.com as saying that liraglutide ...
Tags: Obesity Drug, Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Oramed's investigational new drug (IND) application for ORMD-0801, an oral insulin capsule, allowing the company to begin clinical trials of the drug. ORMD-0801 is an orally ingestible ...
Tags: FDA, Oral Insulin Capsule