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STAT+: Two generic drugmakers pay $49 million to settle price-fixing charges

STAT

In 2016, a number of states filed what eventually became the first in a trio of lawsuits against many of the largest generic companies for allegedly coordinating efforts to fix and maintain prices for dozens of medications to treat a variety of ailments.

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STAT+: FDA panel votes against GLP-1 therapy from former diabetes unicorn Intarcia

STAT

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted against a diabetes implant from Intarcia Therapeutics — a former biotech unicorn that faltered after the FDA rejected said implant not once, but twice.

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Lupin acquires anti-diabetes trademarks from Boehringer Ingelheim to strengthen portfolio

Express Pharma

On December 13, 2024, Lupin, a global pharmaceutical company, announced the acquisition of anti-diabetes trademarks GIBTULIO, GIBTULIO MET, and AJADUO from Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH. The move is aimed at strengthening Lupins diabetes portfolio in India. In addition, 25 million people are pre-diabetic.

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Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Increased Significantly Following COVID-19 Pandemic

Pharmacy Times

Investigators also found that rates of type 1 diabetes have been on the rise since 2016.

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Smartphone-powered trial backs J&J’s Invokana for heart failure

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It enrolled patients with and without type 2 diabetes and heart failure, to see whether treatment with Invokana (canagliflozin) can improve their symptoms, function and quality of life compared to placebo. billion in 2016 before the product was linked to an increased risk of lower limb amputation.

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Sun Pharma introduces STARIZO (Tedizolid Phosphate) in India for ABSSSI

Express Pharma

The treatment of ABSSSI is further complicated by associated comorbidities such as diabetes, obesity, renal and hepatic dysfunction in these patients. per cent in 2016 to 42.6 Skin and soft tissue infections are the most common type of infections constituting, around 29-32 per cent of all infections in 2018-2019 in India.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Man with Blurry Vision

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

The most common etiology of CN III palsy is ischemia of the nerve fibers secondary to diabetes mellitus or hypertension, which preferentially affects the internal somatic fibers that surround the blood supply. 2016 May-Aug;9(2):80-6. Case Question: What are the most common etiologies of the diagnosis? Semin Neurol. 2000;20(1):55-74.