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Systemic Versus Non-Systemic Diabetes Drugs
Developing a therapeutic that doesn’t depend upon interaction with the vital organs could help PAZ320 avoid the side effects that have been the subject of controversy with DPP-4 inhibitors due to a correlation with pancreatitis and potentially pancreatic cancer. Additionally, PAZ320 was shown in the Phase ll trial to be effective regardless of the patient being on other medications. This opens the doors to the potential as an adjunctive therapy as well as a stand-alone treatment to regulate glucose. Boston Therapeutics recently completed a raise of $5.3 million to support a Phase ll trial in France with PAZ320 intended to compile the requisite data for a pivotal Phase lll trial of the drug candidate in 2014. The company plans for top-line data from a 300-patient Phase lll trial in 2015 and filing for a New Drug Application in 2016.
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Indigenous diabetes testing kit to cost 90% less
As per WHO estimates, mortality from diabetes, heart disease and stroke cost about $210 billion in India in 2005. Much of the heart disease and stroke in these estimates were linked to diabetes. Diabetes, heart disease and stroke together will cost about $333.6 billion over the next 10 years in India alone, estimates WHO. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. The disease exposes a person to heart attack, stroke, amputations, nerve damage, blindness and kidney disease.
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