News tagged with amylin pharmaceuticals
FDA notes heart events, tumors with Novo drug
(AP) -- Federal health officials say a potential blockbuster diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk appears to work. But they say questions remain about its effect on the heart and other organs.
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Mar 31, 2009 |
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Eli Lilly halts development of Alzheimer's drug
(AP) -- Eli Lilly and Co. has stopped developing a potential Alzheimer's disease treatment at a time when the drugmaker is searching wide and far for new drugs to fill a large revenue hole that will form starting next year.
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Aug 17, 2010 |
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Exenatide promotes weight loss when added to diet and exercise
In combination with diet and exercise, the diabetes drug exenatide helped nondiabetic, obese individuals lose over three times more weight than those receiving a placebo, or dummy treatment, for 6 months.
Jun 11, 2009 |
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FDA: Bristol-Myers diabetes drug appears safe
(AP) -- A potential blockbuster diabetes medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb appears free from heart-related side effects that have plagued similar treatments, federal health officials said Monday.
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Mar 30, 2009 |
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Obesity: Reviving the promise of leptin
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery more than a decade ago of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone secreted by fat tissue, generated headlines and great hopes for an effective treatment for obesity. But hopes ...
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat
The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets. The findings on fast food ...
Jun 07, 2007 |
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