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• CDC: Diabetes rates to skyrocket in coming decades
  According to a story in the Huffington Post, federal officials are warning of an “alarming” increase in diabetes rates, projecting that as many as one in three U.S. adults could have the condition by 2050 if current trends continue. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already est...

• Shares fall on announcement of diabetes drug risks
  Shares of pharmaceutical companies that make newer types of diabetes medication have fallen, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s announcement that the agency is looking into potential health risks, according to a March 14 story in Bloomberg. Among those drugs are Merck’s Januvia an...

• GSK applies for approval of diabetes drug
  Reuters reports that GlaxoSmithKline, Britain’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, has filed for approval of a diabetes drug called albiglutide in both the United States and Europe. The story says albiglutide is among a class of medicines that increase GLP-1, which is a hormone that stimulates i...

• FDA withholds approval of diabetes treatment
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold off on approving Novo Nordisk’s diabetes medication Tresiba, a long-acting insulin, until the company conducts extra tests to address heart risks. A Reuters story says over-eating and lack of exercise have created an “epidemic” of type 2 diabetes...

• Pediatrics group issues guidelines for diabetes
  The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued the first-ever guidelines for children between the ages of 8 and 10 with type 2 diabetes. A CBS News story says the organization took that step partially in response to the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, which puts children at greater risk of the...

• GSK to fight legal settlements over diabetes drug
  In the United States, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in legal settlements related to its diabetes drug Avandia. But the company intends to fight efforts by British families to get similar settlements, in what a Reuters story predicts will be a ...

• Study: Kidney disease biggest threat to diabetes patients
  A story in U.S. News and World Report says new research suggests the best way for Type 2 diabetes patients to expand their life spans is to avoid kidney disease. Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle found that 10-year mortality rates for people with both type 2 diabetes and kidne...

• FDA warns Lipitor and other statins may cause diabetes
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently added warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol drugs called statins, which include Pfizer Inc.’s Lipitor. The new labels warn that the drugs may raise blood sugar levels, could cause memory loss, and may increase the risk of Type II diabetes....

• FDA: Diabetes drug has heart risks
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration staffers said a diabetes drug called canagliflozin, which Johnson & Johnson submitted for review, may carry heart risks. The development could jeopardize Johnson & Johnson’s ambitions in the profitable diabetes medication market, Bloomberg reports. The pil...

• FDA advisers recommend approval of diabetes medication
  A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted 10-5 that Johnson & Johnson’s diabetes drug should be approved, although they also voted 8-7 that it also raises concerns about heart risks. According to Bloomberg, the once-a-day pill that the company has proposed calling Invo...