New Prefilled Disposable Insulin Pen for LANTUS®: Lantus SoloStar®, FDA-Approved
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in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.Now the USFDA has approved Sanofi-aventis' new prefilled disposable insulin pen specifically for use in the administration of LANTUS®: Lantus SoloStar®.
Lantus SoloStar® offers a convenient administration of LANTUS® (the number 1 prescribed insulin in the world) and is the only disposable insulin pen that allows patients to administer doses from 1 up to 80 units, in one injection.
AS explained by Gilles Lhernould, Senior Vice President Industrial Affairs, sanofi-aventis:
"Sanofi-aventis is committed to working with the diabetes community to develop new technologies intended to help make the difficult task of managing diabetes simpler and more convenient.
Lantus SoloStar® is the result of more than 4 years of intensive development and testing with diabetes patients, doctors and nurses."
Giving diabetes patients an alternative to the traditional needle and syringe for insulin therapy, Lantus SoloStar® will be available in pharmacies sometime within this year.
Find more details from Sanofi-aventis (a pdf file).
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