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Novartis Diabetes Drug Eucreas, EU-Approved

Filed in archive Developments , News , Treatment by Gloria Gamat on February 25, 2008

The Novartis diabetes pill Eucreas has been approved by The European Union for type 2 diabetes. Eucreas is a combination of Galvus (a DPP-4 inhibitor) and metformin (a popular diabetes drug which decreases the production of sugar by the liver and increases insulin sensitivity).

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Galvus is another Novartis diabetes drug that has been approved by the EU last February 1. After said approval, safety issues cropped up (read: warning for liver problems).

The European Medicines Agency said in September it had backed Eucreas to treat type-2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. The Agency's recommendations are normally followed by approval in the 27-nation bloc.

The EU approved Galvus - which had been expected to garner over $1 billion in sales before its safety issues became apparent - on Feb. 1 after Novartis said the label for the drug should warn for liver problems.

DPP-4 inhibitors enhance the body's own ability to lower elevated blood sugar and could become an important new way to control diabetes. They are not associated with weight gains, a drawback in many other diabetes medicines.


Well, I guess, even in diabetes, we cannot have it all. Galvus and Eucreas are yet to be approved in the U.S.

Source: Reuters


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