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Study: Type 2 diabetes pill Jardiance cuts risk of death
2015-09-21 17:51:37| Biotech - Topix.net
Jardiance sharply reduced chances of dying in diabetic patients at high risk of heart complications, a study shows, making the Type 2 diabetes medication the first shown to lengthen diabetics' lives. The study found Jardiance reduced deaths from heart complications by 38 percent, deaths from any cause by 32 percent and hospitalizations due to chronic heart failure by 35 percent.
Study: Type 2 diabetes pill Jardiance cuts risk of death
2015-09-17 20:16:48| Biotech - Topix.net
Jardiance sharply reduced chances of dying in diabetic patients at high risk of heart complications, a study shows, making the medication the first shown to lengthen diabetics' lives. The daily pill for Type 2 diabetes reduced deaths from heart complications by 38 percent, deaths from any cause by 32 percent and hospitalizations due to chronic heart failure by 35 percent, according to the study.
Merck: Long-acting diabetes pill works same as its Januvia
2015-09-16 21:19:15| Biotech - Topix.net
Drugmaker Merck & Co. says its experimental Type 2 diabetes drug performed about as well as its older daily pill, Januvia, in a late-stage patient test.
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The miracle fat pill that never was and the downside it exposed
2015-09-13 05:26:30| Biotech - Topix.net
Three years ago, Bruce Spiegelman, a prominent Harvard scientist, said he had discovered an "exercise hormone" that promised to unlock a new way to treat obesity and diabetes. It didn't take long before a leading biotech VC firm, Third Rock Ventures, made a big bet on the hormone.
Gilead combo HIV pill matches Truvada efficacy but safer in trial
2015-09-02 18:18:32| Biotech - Topix.net
REUTERS: Gilead Sciences Inc said on Wednesday its experimental fixed-dose combination treatment for HIV proved as effective in a late-stage study as the company's widely used Truvada combo pill but with significantly less loss of bone mineral density and kidney function. The company has already sought U.S. and European marketing approval for the new combo pill nicknamed F/TAF, which is meant to be a safer replacement for Truvada, a cornerstone of HIV treatment that has been associated with slight declines in bone mineral density and kidney function.
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