Health News: [diabetes ]: Merck’s latest Type 2 diabetes deal uses innovative enzyme selection tech

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Merck's latest Type 2 diabetes deal uses innovative enzyme selection tech Thu, 02 May, 2013 05:02 AM PDT The ongoing effort to develop better drugs to address the $250 billion problem of Type 2 diabetes has a new development. Merck (NYSE: MRK) is collaborating with Abide Therapeutics on three drugs based on a technology platform that selectively chooses from a group of enzymes that have broad therapeutic ... Continue reading Abide Therapeutics Announces Collaboration With Merck to Develop Novel Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic ... Thu, 02 May, 2013 04:49 AM PDT SAN DIEGO, May 02, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Abide Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering innovative approaches to selectively target a group of enzymes known as serine hydrolases, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck, known as MSD... Continue reading CYCLOSET (bromocriptine mesylate) Included in American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Comprehensive Diabetes ... Thu, 02 May, 2013 04:18 AM PDT SAN DIEGO & TIVERTON, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CYCLOSET has been included in the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Diabetes Management Algorithm aimed at physicians who care for patients with type 2 diabetes. Continue reading Sanofi says to step up development of new diabetes device Thu, 02 May, 2013 04:15 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi is stepping up the development of a fixed combination of diabetes treatments Lantus and Lyxumia to sidestep an earlier setback with a similar pen device and take advantage of the delayed U.S. launch of competitor Novo Nordisk's new insulin. Related Stories Italy needs extra mea... Continue reading Struggling factories underline fragility of world growth Thu, 02 May, 2013 04:14 AM PDT LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Manufacturing across the world stumbled last month, underlining the fragility of the global economy and building the case for more action from leading central banks. Related Stories Italy needs extra measures to cut 2013 deficit-OECD Lufthansa sees efficiency measures boosting earni... Continue reading Lufthansa sees efficiency measures boosting earnings this year Thu, 02 May, 2013 03:46 AM PDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa vowed to deliver on profit-boosting initiatives this year, saying painful cost cuts would pay off and forecasting a rise in revenue. Related Stories Italy needs extra measures to cut 2013 deficit-OECD Struggling factories underline fragility of world growth Sanof... Continue reading Inmarsat profit hit by U.S. government budget cuts Thu, 02 May, 2013 03:46 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British satellite communications company Inmarsat said it had been hit by U.S. government budget cuts in the first quarter, causing earnings to fall short of expectations. Related Stories Lufthansa sees efficiency measures boosting earnings this year Struggling factories underline fragility... Continue reading Higher vitamin D levels confer no additional benefit Thu, 02 May, 2013 03:06 AM PDT In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything from hypertension to hardening of the arteries to diabetes. Continue reading Rolls-Royce aero boss King makes surprise exit Thu, 02 May, 2013 02:59 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Rolls-Royce has announced the surprise departure of Mark King as boss of its key aerospace business, after only four months in charge of the newly merged division. Related Stories Lufthansa sees efficiency measures boosting earnings this year Struggling factories underline fragili... Continue reading One extra sugary soda per day could increase diabetes risk by 18%: EPIC data Thu, 02 May, 2013 02:50 AM PDT Consumption of one extra serving of sugar-sweetened beverage each day could be enough to increase the relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 18%, say researchers. Continue reading

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