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Current Diabetes News Headlines Busines Archives Menu June 2006 Diabetes An Investable Theme - M Stanley - 0757 GMT [Dow Jones] Diabetes is likely to be an especially rich opportunity for "growth, value and volatility" in health care investments - the equivalent for the 21st century that heart disease was for the end of the 20th, says Morgan Stanley. 06/30/2006 Wythe acquires worldwide rights to diabetes candidate - Wythe Therapeutics has acquired worldwide rights to manufacture, market and distribute VeroSciences drug candidate Cycloset, currently in development for the treatment of type-2 diabetes. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. 06/29/2006 AUDIO from Medialink: Keeping Diabetes at Bay - Type 2 diabetes is an epidemic in America. However, there is hope in the form of a new pre-diabetes clinical trial. Dr. Donna Ryan, from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, discusses what Americans need to know about pre-diabetes and how early treatment can save lives. 06/29/2006 American Diabetes Association Launches New Theme For America's Walk For Diabetes - Every 21 seconds someone is diagnosed with diabetes. Every 21 seconds there is a new reason to walk. Who's your reason? The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has launched a new theme designed to bring the reality of the diabetes epidemic into perspective. The "Every 21 Seconds" message will be the main theme at America's Walk for Diabetes events across the country. 06/27/2006 EBSCO host EJournals Service Expands Biomedical Content - The American Diabetes Association, The Endocrine Society, and IEEE have recently added their content collectively representing 13 biomedical titles to EBSCO host Electronic Journals Service Enhanced. 06/26/2006 Diabetes and Heart Associations Reinforce Joint Commitment to Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes - In a joint statement released today, the American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association are calling for greater prevention and treatment efforts to stem the continuous rise in diabetes and in the numerous cardiovascular-related deaths that relate to inadequately recognized and under-treated risk factors. 06/26/2006 Nastech, Amylin Enter Diabetes Pact - Shares of Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. gained Monday after the drug delivery technology maker announced an agreement with drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. to help develop a diabetes treatment in a nasal spray. 06/26/2006 Wanbury Ltd the world's largest producer of Metaformin, a diabetes control drug, would aggressively look at acquiring - India Daily. Wanbury Ltd, the world's largest producer of Metaformin, a diabetes control drug, would aggressively look at acquiring companies, both home and abroad, to enhance its position. 06/21/2006 NYC Diabetes Epidemic: Pilot Program Demonstrates Progress - To help meet the challenge of NYC's growing incidence of diabetes, East Harlem's North General Hospital and BD are collaborating to promote the successful principles of the BD Diabetes Makeover Program. This pilot program is a model to help those with diabetes understand and apply a comprehensive approach to self-managing their disease. 06/19/2006 New diabetes and metabolic disorders drugs waiting in pipeline for Plexxikon - Every quarter, Plexxikon Inc. CEO Peter Hirth and his top executives sit down to do a little triage. They determine which projects will continue and which ones will be shelved. 06/19/2006 The Upside of Diabetes - Where there's chaos, there's money-making opportunity. One conspicuous example is diabetes, a disease that's exploding worldwide. It's an opening for companies with material exposure to diabetes - those that have products, product candidates, or royalty streams related to the treatment of the disease. I decided to look into the investment implications of the burgeoning growth in this disease as a 06/19/2006 Complete Analysis of the Worldwide Market for Diabetes Diagnostics in Thousands of US$ - Research and Markets has announced the addition of Diabetes Diagnostics - Global Strategic Business Report to their offering. 06/16/2006 Positive Phase III Data for Novartis' Diabetes Drug - Novartis' investigational drug candidate Galvus, a new once-daily oral treatment option for type 2 diabetes, has demonstrated impressive efficacy, especially in patients with poor glycemic control, as well as weight loss benefits in obese patients. 06/16/2006 Entelos, ADA Launch In Silico Diabetes Research Center - June 15, 2006 | The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and Entelos announced the establishment of an in silico research facility - based on Entelos' Type 1 Diabetes PhysioLab of the NOD mouse - to make biosimulation-based research available to academics. 06/15/2006 Sylacauga family donates $1 million to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - A north Alabama family has donated $1 million to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, earmarked for the national organization's efforts in developing an artificial pancreas. 06/15/2006 NASA and Universities Join Fight Against Diabetes - NASA image processing technology used to explore orbital images of Earth and distant worlds is being modified for diabetes research. 06/14/2006 Pfizer, Bayer team up to develop diabetes and obesity compounds - Pfizer Inc. received exclusive worldwide rights to a class of Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. compounds that could lead to treatments for diabetes and obesity, the companies said. 06/14/2006 Diabetes Drugmakers Slip at Meeting End - As the American Diabetes Association's annual meeting drew to a close Tuesday, Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk AS said its experimental diabetes drug lowered blood sugar and increased weight loss versus placebo, but shares failed to rally on the news, and other diabetes drugmakers followed their downward trend. 06/13/2006 Lilly Asks Limited Use of Diabetes Regimen - Eli Lilly and Co. is asking physicians to limit the number of patients they start on the company's newest diabetes regimen because of a shortage of cartridges that contain the injectible drug. 06/13/2006 Novartis v. Merck over diabetes - WASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) - Merck and Novartis both released studies on experimental diabetes drugs Tuesday, painting a picture of an imminent market face-off between potential blockbusters. 06/13/2006 Drug stocks climb; Merck gains on diabetes-drug news - BOSTON (MarketWatch) - Drug stocks climbed Tuesday, boosted by gains in Merck after the company released a study for its Januvia diabetes-drug candidate. 06/13/2006 Nutrition 21 Up on Diabetes Data - Shares of Nutrition 21 Inc. surged Monday after the maker of nutritional and dietary supplements said its diabetes treatment supplement Diachrome lowered blood sugar levels in a clinical study. 06/12/2006 Big Changes Urged To Stop Diabetes From Overwhelming The Health Care System - Big changes are urgently needed to stem the growth of diabetes and its growing burden on the USA's health care system, says Dr. Robert Rizza, President of Medicine and Science, American Diabetes Association. He warned that unless significant changes take place, the next 30 years could see an explosion of deaths, heart attacks, strokes and other awful illnesses. 06/12/2006 Paying To Prevent Diabetes Is Cost Effective - Sixty million Americans, nearly one-third of the U.S. adult population, are pre-diabetic. A study published in the June issue of the journal Diabetes Care has found that it would be cost effective for Medicare to pay for diabetes prevention at age 50 rather than to deny prevention benefits until age 65 when many individuals will have already developed the disease. 06/12/2006 Call to scrap diabetes treat food - Retailers are being urged to withdraw diabetes food and drinks after a leading firm agreed to phase them out. 06/11/2006 New Study Illustrates Economic Benefit of Weight Loss in People with Type 2 Diabetes - A new study demonstrated that even a small percentage of weight loss could lower health care costs among people with type 2 diabetes. 06/10/2006 Growing diabetes device market heats up - CHICAGO (Reuters) - People with diabetes are seeing more products to help them manage their disease as the market for devices that measure blood sugar levels heats up. 06/10/2006 Paying to Prevent Diabetes - With about one-third of the U.S. adult population pre-diabetic, a study suggests it would be cost effective to pay for diabetes prevention at age 50. 06/08/2006 Merck To Showcase Diabetes Treatment Data - Investors will be watching for developments from the American Diabetes Association meeting this week. 06/08/2006 MediaFact Launches Section On Zyprexa and Diabetes - MediaFact , an online resource for information on health care issues related to hazardous occupational exposure and drug side effects, has published a new section on Zyprexa and diabetes. 06/08/2006 American Diabetes Services Recognized by Medicare Compliance Agency as One of Nation's Top Diabetes Suppliers - American Diabetes Services, one of the leading diabetes suppliers for diabetic testing supplies, successfully fulfilled the requirements for receiving the Exemplary Provider(tm) Certificate of Accreditation from The Compliance Team, Inc. 06/06/2006 Hathaway Corporation Files for Patents in Three Continents for Diabetes Detection, Inc. - Hathaway Corporation (PINKSHEETS: HWYI) is pleased to announce the filing of international patent on 'METHOD AND COMBINATION ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS FORDETECTING/MONITORING NEUROPATHY' for Diabetes Detection, Inc. (DDI). The patents are currently being filed in Canada, China (including HK), Europe,India, Japan and South Korea. Hathaway investors can access DDI's ... 06/06/2006 Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. Commits $1.425 Million to American Diabetes Association Postdoctoral - The American Diabetes Association Research Foundation today announced a $1.425 million commitment by Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. to support two important diabetes-related fellowship programs. 06/05/2006 World-class diabetes help for everyone - University of Oklahoma President David Boren was instrumental in making a world-class diabetes center come within Gov. Brad Henry's signature of becoming a reality. 06/05/2006 (AFX UK Focus) 2006-06-05 14:58 GMT: Merck to file Januvia diabetes type II drug in 2006; earlier than expected - Merck & Co Inc said it expects to file a new drug application for its type 2 diabetes drug Januvia to the Food and Drug Administration in 2006, earlier than its initially anticipated 2007 date. 06/05/2006 AVI BioPharma Presents Preclinical Results Preventing and Treating Diabetes Using Its ESPRIT Exon Skipping Technology -AVI BioPharma, Inc. , has announced preclinical data evaluating the use of antisense-based exon skipping pre-RNA interference technology on the development of diabetes in a mouse model. 06/05/2006 Novocell's Phase I/II Data Selected for Late-Breaking Poster Presentation at the American Diabetes Association's 66th - Novocell, Inc., a stem cell engineering company, will present a late-breaking poster on preliminary phase I/II data of its encapsulated human islet allografts, and Chief Scientific Officer Emmanuel Baetge, Ph.D. will participate in a symposium to discuss engineering insulin-producing islet cells from stem cells at the American Diabetes Association's 66th Scientific Session, taking place June 06/05/2006 News in brief: Diabetes corner grand opening is Saturday - The Drug Emporium along with the Healthy Life Market will be hosting a health fair/diabetes corner grand opening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 15. 06/04/2006 Coalition seeking money for diabetes, obesity research - A recently formed coalition of Rio Grande Valley universities has promised $1 million in grants to Valley-based researchers who investigate diabetes, obesity and the region's nursing shortage. 06/04/2006 Life-saving local diabetes program may lose funding - Nearly 20 million children in the U.S. are living with diabetes and a third of them don't even know they have it. One local program is doing something to change that and help the kids, but possibly not for much longer. The program may soon be in jeopardy. 06/03/2006 MV Hospital to set up 20 diabetes care centres - MV Hospital for Diabetes Pvt. Ltd., the Chennai based treatment centre exclusively for diabetes care, has initiated projects focusing prevention of diabetes and its complications for the diabetes prone patients. 06/03/2006 Nonprofit to open diabetes center in east Greensboro - Use of the health and wellness center would be free to people with diabetes, their children and grandchildren. 06/02/2006 Diabetes Centers signs IT agreement with Bluegate - Bluegate Corp. has signed a new installation and support contract with Diabetes Centers of America. 06/01/2006 Diabetes Headline News Resources
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