Glucose in Biological Technology

Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. Presents ITCA 650 Phase 1b Study Results as a Late-Breaker at the American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Sessions

... substantial reductions in fasting plasma glucose (FPG) within 24 hours of the start of treatment and a sustained glucose lowering effect throughout the 28 day treatment ... study were substantial reductions in postprandial glucose (PPG), HbA1c and body weight. (Logo: ...

Roche Announces Back-to-Basics Approach to Diabetes Care - Simpler is Better

... to uncover links between lifestyle and blood glucose levels. INDIANAPOLIS, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche, the maker of ACCU-CHEK(R) blood glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps, announced ... that have the biggest impact on their blood glucose levels, giving them greater control in their ...

Hospira Announces Plans to Integrate Symbiq(R) and EndoTool(R) Technologies

... infusion pump and industry-leading EndoTool(R) glucose management software. A prototype of this ... helps prevent medication errors, and the EndoTool glucose management system, a clinical-decision support ... errors. EndoTool is a highly sophisticated glucose management system designed to improve the safety ...

Roche Announces Long-Term Commitment to Tackle Growing Epidemic of Diabetes

... -- Roche, the maker of ACCU-CHEK blood glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps, announced ... Care is a pioneer in the development of blood glucose monitoring systems and a global leader for ... and effective diabetes management - from blood glucose monitoring through information management to ...

Accera, Inc. Launches Neuera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

... of Alzheimer's disease. Defective metabolism of glucose has been shown to precede the onset of symptoms ... Axona was developed as a substitute for glucose when it cannot be metabolized by neurons in the ... the hypometabolism or defective metabolism of glucose that occurs in those areas of the brain that are ...

SemBioSys Genetics Inc. Announces Clinical Results with Plant-Produced Insulin

... clamp study coupled insulin administration with glucose infusion to maintain the volunteers' blood sugars ... of insulin (Cmax(insulin)); 3) total glucose infused over eight hours (AUC(GIR0to8hrs)); and 4) maximum glucose infusion rate (GIR(max)). Bioequivalence is ...

Tolerx Expands Phase 3 'DEFEND' Trial of Otelixizumab in Europe

... of administered insulin required to control blood glucose levels by inhibiting the destruction of beta ... the body has difficulty regulating its blood glucose (sugar) level. There are two major types of ... insulin production, patients must monitor their glucose levels frequently and administer insulin ...

Home Delivery Medical Offers New Glucose Meter With State-Of-The-Art Technology

... Arkray Glucocard X-Meter, Dubbed The iPod Of glucose Monitoring Systems, Is Just What Diabetics Have ... the diabetic community has been calling for a glucose monitoring system that is both functional and ... years, many companies have developed smaller glucose monitoring systems, but until now, those systems ...

FDA Approves Apidra(R) SoloSTAR(R) - a Prefilled Disposable Insulin Pen

... use insulin, the hormone needed to transport glucose (sugar) from the blood into the cells of the body ... by the ADA. The A1C test measures average blood glucose levels over the past two- to three-month period. ... other medicines and supplements you are taking. glucose monitoring is recommended for all patients with ...

Mindset BioPharmaceuticals (USA) Inc Obtains Notice of Allowance for European Patent Related to Use of Insulin Sensitizers in Senile Dementia, Dementia and Memory Loss

... for the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus. glucose is used by cells in the brain to make energy that they need to live but glucose utilization may be impaired in the brain's of ... is growing evidence that this defective brain glucose utilization results from resistance to the action ...

Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

... ended December 31, 2008. "Sales of our glucose products increased during the second ... will propel the continued growth of our domestic glucose business. With the growth of our higher-margin glucose business, we look to consume more ...

Isis Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of SGLT2 Antisense Drug

... that inhibits the production of sodium dependent glucose co-transporter type 2 (SGLT2). SGLT2 is the major transporter responsible for glucose re-absorption in the kidney. Decreasing SGLT2 levels promotes glucose excretion in the urine and reduces blood sugar ...

deCODE to Integrate New Genetic Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes Into Its deCODEme(TM) Personal Genome Scan Service

... (SNP) that is associated with increased fasting glucose levels and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). ... that had been suggestively linked with fasting glucose levels in several major studies involving some ... of the genetic factors that underpin glucose regulation and risk of type 2 diabetes. This ...

Shengtai Pharmaceutical Schedules 2009 First Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call

... distributor of high-quality, pharmaceutical grade glucose products in China, today announced that it will ... manufacturer and supplier of pharmaceutical grade glucose used for medical purposes. It also manufactures and supplies glucose and cornstarch products to the food, beverage and ...

Lilly to Take Charge to Earnings Related to Pending Federal and State Investigations of Past Practices

... between atypical antipsychotics and increases in glucose levels appears to fall on a continuum and ... should be monitored regularly for worsening of glucose control. Persons with risk factors for ... undergo baseline and periodic fasting blood glucose testing. Patients who develop symptoms ...

Shengtai Pharmaceutical Completes Factory Improvements Resulting in Operational and Environmental Benefits

... distributor of high-quality, pharmaceutical grade glucose products in China, today announced that it ... manufacturer and supplier of pharmaceutical grade glucose used for medical purposes, and the glucose and cornstarch products for the food and beverage ...

New Data From Head-to-Head Phase 3 Trial Demonstrate That Liraglutide is More Effective Than Exenatide in Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

... more effective at improving blood glucose control (as measured by HbA1c) than exenatide, a ... twice daily. "In this study, reduction in blood glucose was greater with liraglutide than with ... with once-daily liraglutide achieved better blood glucose control and also had less minor hypoglycemia than ...

Human Trial Results Show Plant Extract Tops Drug at Regulating Blood Sugar Levels; Huge Market Seen for Newly Developed Food Additive Emulin™

... the leading prescription drug at reducing blood glucose levels in Type 2 diabetics," said Daryl ... a leading prescription medication to control glucose absorption in Type 2 diabetics; Emulin™ ... groups. At the end of one week, fasting blood glucose levels remained the same or increased slightly ...

Sanofi Aventis : New Study Results Support the "Basal Plus" Strategy With LANTUS(R) and APIDRA(R) to Improve Blood Sugar Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

... meal (defined by the highest postprandial blood glucose level) improve blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes after ... always looking for new ways to help manage blood glucose levels," said Dr. Del Prato, Professor of ...

Hooper Holmes' Heritage Labs Division Launches New Home Diabetes Test

... up with sugars such as glucose. The more excess glucose in a person's blood, the more glucose links up with hemoglobin and the more A1c ... The A1c test measures a person's average blood glucose level for the past few months and suggests how ...

Shengtai Pharmaceutical Retains Grayling Global As Investor Relations Counsel

... distributor of high-quality, pharmaceutical grade glucose products in China, today announced that it has ... manufacturer and supplier of pharmaceutical grade glucose used for medical purposes, and the glucose and cornstarch products for the food and beverage ...

New yeast trick for eating favorite food: Details in Nature paper

... network to ensure that they consume as much glucose as possible whenever it is available. UC San ... of another sugar, galactose, when they sense glucose in the environment. The findings will be ... The UCSD team demonstrated that the glucose network actively shuts down the galactose network ...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals to Present Promising Data From Diabetes and Obesity Programs at ADA 2008

... after meals. The use of SYMLIN contributes to glucose control after meals. SymlinPen(R) (pramlintide ... with simple, fixed dosing to improve mealtime glucose control. SymlinPen(R) 120 features fixed dosing ... Safety Information for BYETTA BYETTA improves glucose (blood sugar) control in adults with type ...

Pelikan Technologies Appoints Denny Ware to Board of Directors

... Experience and Broad Blood glucose Monitoring Industry Expertise PALO ALTO, ... on our next-generation, fully-integrated blood glucose system." Prior to his work at KCI, Mr. Ware ... particularly in the field of glucose monitoring and management for diabetics. ...

Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. Appoints New CFO

... in China of high- quality, pharmaceutical grade glucose products for the medical industry and glucose and ... Ltd., is a leading manufacturer and supplier of glucose products, which include pharmaceutical grade glucose used for medical purposes, ...

RediClinic, BIOSAFE Labs and Glycemion to Provide Free Diabetes Risk Assessments to Richmond, Va. School Children

... process comprised of an immediate fasting glucose reading and a mail-in laboratory analysis for hemoglobin A1c, a blood glucose marker for the previous 90-day period. Samples ... having the screening administered. The instant glucose results will be available a few minutes after the ...

Smiths Medical to Promote and Distribute Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

... Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator Continuous glucose Monitoring System ( ... designed to continually record interstitial fluid glucose levels for the purpose of improving diabetes ... strip port in the CoZmonitor blood glucose module, which is connected to the Deltec Cozmo ...

Pelikan Technologies and Lilly Form Alliance to Promote Diabetes Education

... in lancing designed to optimize Finger Health and glucose Monitoring. Self-monitoring of blood glucose is a key component of effective diabetes ... with diabetes must regularly monitor their blood glucose levels, which requires drawing of a drop of ...

Mercury Therapeutics Patents Filed

... fat diet, which displayed elevated fasting blood glucose levels and a sluggish response in a glucose tolerance test (GTT). The ... proof-of-principle of active compounds in a glucose tolerance test in mice. For further ...

MannKind Corporation Response to Recent Market Events

... separately and independently lowers prandial glucose excursions, and that it will thus offer an ... -- A significant reduction in post-prandial glucose excursions, approaching the levels seen in ... ability to achieve comparable levels of overall glucose control compared with present "state of the ...

Sanofi-aventis' SoloSTAR(R) Insulin Pen for Lantus and Apidra Receives the Prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award

... use insulin - the hormone needed to convert glucose (sugar) into energy. More than 240 million people ... The A1C test reflects average blood glucose levels over a two- to three-month period. Without proper insulin production and action, glucose remains in the blood, leading to chronic ...

Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter Results of Fiscal Year 2008

... distributor of high-quality, pharmaceutical grade glucose products in China and glucose and starch products ... Ltd., is a leading manufacturer and supplier of glucose products, which include pharmaceutical grade glucose used for medical purposes, ...

Echo Therapeutics to Present at RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference

... free, wireless, continuous transdermal glucose monitoring (CTGM) system for diabetes home use ... is designed to provide on-demand glucose data conveniently, continuously and ... on changing the paradigm of invasive, episodic glucose testing in diabetes home use and hospital ...

Echo Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results

... needle-free, continuous transdermal glucose monitor system for the diabetes home use and ... development programs in continuous transdermal glucose monitoring. About Echo Therapeutics Echo ... wireless, needle-free continuous transdermal glucose monitor (CTGM) systems for the diabetes home use ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves ABILIFY(R) (aripiprazole) as the First Medication for Add-On Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

... diabetes should be monitored for worsening of glucose control; those with risk factors for diabetes should undergo baseline and periodic fasting blood glucose testing. Patients who develop symptoms of hyperglycemia should also undergo fasting blood glucose testing. There have been few reports of ...

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Recommends Tighter Control of Blood Glucose Levels After Meals in People With Diabetes

... New Guideline for the Management of Postmeal glucose IDF today issued the new global guideline for ... people with diabetes should have their blood glucose levels closely monitored after meals in order to ... strategies and regimens, self monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), and non- pharmacologic and ...

Isis Enters Broad Collaboration With Ortho-McNeil, Inc. for the Discovery, Development and Commercialization of Antisense Drugs to Treat Metabolic Diseases

... action of glucagon can lead to increased blood glucose levels. Reducing the expression of liver GCGR ... inhibitors, and thereby reducing excessive liver glucose production, is expected to lower blood ... antisense inhibitors of GCGR led to improved glucose control and reduced levels of blood triglycerides ...

Study Supports Use of GlycoMark Blood Test to Evaluate Therapy in Children with Diabetes

... postprandial hyperglycemia (elevated after-meal glucose levels). Controlling after-meal glucose levels is important in achieving optimal glycemic ... test is an effective measure of postprandial glucose concentrations and is particularly important ...

Poxel SAS Set up to Find Innovative Solutions for Metabolic Diseases Management

... projects with new mechanisms of action, with a combined activity on glucose metabolism and other cardiovascular risk factors (lipid disorders and ... failure of sensitive tissues to respond to insulin, a hormone involved in glucose and fatty acid metabolism, Type 2 diabetes hence being known as ...

Exenatide Clinical Data Analysis Shows No Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events

... potential to become the first weekly therapy to treat type 2 diabetes with glucose control and weight loss. This could offer a unique value proposition for ... . Important Safety Information for BYETTA BYETTA improves glucose (blood sugar) control in adults with type 2 diabetes. It is used with ...