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Anti-diabetic Drugs

Deseret News | 5 hours ago

Callers seek help with stress-related eating

...monthly Deseret News/Intermountain Healthcare Hotline. More than three dozen calls were answered by dietician Jessica Metz and Dr. Scott Hansen, who work with patients looking to...

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Associated Content | 21 hours ago

Is Your Doctor's Bad Handwriting Endangering Your Health?

...problem arises when doctors use abbreviations when they write prescriptions. When indicating how many insulin units to give doctors often abbreviate them as I.U. for international...

"We've previously indicated that we believe these observations are addressable," said Kindra Strupp, a Lilly spokeswoman, in an e-mail, speaking for Amylin as well. "As for the exanatide once-weekly action letter, we do not have an update at this time."

FDA faults Amylin's W. Chester plant Cincinnati Enquirer | 1 day ago

Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 1 day ago

Medical journalist Dan Hurley tackles myths about diabetes in new book

With type II, as your weight and age increase, your body develops resistance to normal insulin levels, and your insulin-producing cells slowly grow weaker. Many people can prevent or...

bizjournals: Local Business News | 1 day ago

FDA finds shortcomings in Amylin's West Chester plant

Friday, March 12, 2010, 3:58pm EST FDA finds shortcomings in Amylin's West Chester plant The Food and Drug Administration reported Friday that it found several problems at Amylin...

Arizona Republic | 1 day ago

Kalil to pay $33,000 to settle discrimination suit

...to pay $33,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the EEOC said Friday. The EEOC complaint, filed in September 2007 in the...

Cincinnati Enquirer | 1 day ago

FDA faults Amylin's W. Chester plant

...are preventing some features from appearing. See instructions for fixing the problem. FDA faults Amylin's W. Chester plant Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s West Chester plant that...

Reuters | 1 day ago

UPDATE 1-US FDA releases Amylin inspection report

...the FDA had inspected the company's Ohio manufacturing plant in December and made observations that Amylin believed it could address by the review deadline for Byetta LAR. The FDA report...

TIME | 1 day ago

Obesity: How Intestinal Bacteria May Cause Weight Gain

...there's another, less visible reason to focus on your gut if you want to lose weight. Scientists led by Andrew Gewirtz at Emory University reveal that your intestines harbor a universe of...

Reuters | 3 days ago

Despite law, drug safety still a concern at FDA

...but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told lawmakers at a U.S. House of...

Philly.com | 1 week ago

Business news in brief

...2001 until October. Chancery Court Judge William B. Chandler III ruled that Airgas failed to demonstrate that it would be disadvantaged if Cravath, Swaine continued working for Air...

Reuters | 1 week ago

US FDA panel sees user errors with insulin pumps

...than defects - panel * Medtronic, J&J, Roche among pump makers By Lisa Richwine Diabetics who wear insulin pumps appear more likely to experience problems from improper use...

VH1 | 1 week ago

Elliott Yamin Finally Makes It Out Of Chile

...stuck in the country since last week's earthquake. It took nearly a week, but former "American Idol" finalist Elliott Yamin finally got out of earthquake-ravaged Chile on Thursday.