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The FDA approved BYETTA (exenatide) injection as an add-on therapy to improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes who have not achieved adequate control on a thiazolidinedione, or TZD. The drug was approved for use with two other diabetes treatments, metformin, sulfonylureas, in 2005.In a clinical trial designed to evaluate BYETTA for [...]

Chinese scientists say they have identified a molecule that may hold the key to developing new pills to treat diabetes, a growing health concern affecting almost 21 million Americans. The compound, called Boc5, helped mice reduce food intake when given orally or through needles, according to findings published online Monday by the Proceedings of the [...]