Invokana won U.S. approval to reduce the risk of end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death and worsening of kidney function in adults with type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk’s Rybelsus (semaglutide) tablets 7 mg or 14 mg for adults with type 2 diabetes that along with diet and exercise may improve blood sugar.
A landmark French trial will seek to settle one of the country’s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, probing whether the company behind a weight-loss drug believed to have triggered killer side effects covered up the risks.
AstraZeneca reported positive results from clinical trial programs for Brilinta and Farxiga, causing stock to jump 3.4 percent.
Older adults who cut back on the amount of vegetable protein in their diets may be more likely to experience age-related health problems than their peers who increase the amount of plant protein they eat, a Spanish study suggests.
Shares of Texas-based Lexicon Pharmaceuticals shot up after the company announced positive 52-week cardiorenal data from a pooled analysis of the type 1 diabetes trials Tandem1 and Tandem2.
Novo Nordisk’s sales forecast for 2019 was raised due to growing demand for obesity products and a new injectable treatment for diabetes, which is now the company’s growth engine as insulin sales decline.
French drugmaker Sanofi SA terminated a partnership with Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. to develop and manufacture a drug for use with insulin in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
The FDA approved Eli Lilly’s Baqsimi (glucagon) nasal powder 3 mg to treat severe hypoglycemia in diabetics 4 years of age and older.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve AstraZeneca Plc’s diabetes treatment Farxiga for use as a supplement to insulin in adults with a rare type of the condition.
