Recent news on Acarbose

International Diabetes Federation Recommends Acarbose Therapy for ...  -  May 8, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Acarbose and metformin are the only pharmacotherapies recommended by the IDF.(1) The recommendation for acarbose is supported by the Study to Prevent

New Trial Expands Evidence For Glucobay® In Prevention Of ...  -  Apr 29, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),This new trial, sponsored by Bayer Schering Pharma, will investigate the effects of Bayer's oral antidiabetes drug containing acarbose, Glucobay®,

Drug may not be easy solution to diabetes  -  Apr 27, 2007
London Free Press,The group reviewed evidence on it and two other drugs -- metformin and acarbose -- and recommended lifestyle modification as the first line of approach for

Giving drug to prevent diabetes no DREAM solution, researchers say  -  Apr 26, 2007
Canada.com,The group reviewed evidence on it and two other drugs - metformin and acarbose - for a consensus article published this month in Diabetes Care.

New Trial Expands Evidence for Glucobay in Prevention of ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),This new trial, sponsored by Bayer Schering Pharma, will investigate the effects of Bayer’s oral antidiabetes drug containing acarbose, Glucobay®*,

Pycnogenol’s Latest Bragging Rights  -  Apr 13, 2007
Diabetes Health (press release),The October issue of Life Sciences demonstrated further lowering of blood glucose in patients already taking acarbose and metformin.

Oral medications to treat Type 2 diabetes  -  Apr 19, 2007
Chennai Online,Acarbose (brand name - Precose sold by Bayer) and Miglitol (sold as Glyset by Pfizer). These drugs have significant side-effects, the most prominent being

Exenatide Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes  -  Apr 2, 2007
Annals of Internal MedicineDrugs that may be used include insulin, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (acarbose and miglitol), biguanides (metformin), sulfonyureas (glipizide or glyburide),

Lifestyle helps diabetes  -  Feb 5, 2007
Northwest Herald,Diabetes drugs included metformin, acarbose, glipizide and troglitazone; the weight-loss drug was orlistat. About 37 percent of the participants developed

New Study Discovers How Pycnogenol Lowers Blood Glucose Levels In ...  -  Feb 11, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Results revealed Pycnogenol® is 190 times more potent for inhibition of alpha-glucosidase than the synthetic inhibitor acarbose, a common prescription

Pine bark extract shows promise for slowing sugar uptake  -  Feb 9, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,...micrograms per millilitre), followed by the green tea extract (20 micrograms per millilitre) and finally the acarbose (one milligram per millilitre).

Bayer to trial anti-diabetes drug Acarbose as cardiovascular ...  -  Dec 3, 2006
Forbes,FRANKFURT (AFX) - Bayer AG said it will start a new outcome trial in 2007 to investigate the effects of the oral antidiabetes drug Acarbose on preventing

DREAM: Rosiglitazone Effective in Preventing Diabetes  Oct 24, 2006
It remains to be seen how it will be used.". Dr. Gerstein noted that the arsenal includes drugs such as metformin and acarbose. Rosiglitazone ... -Medscape (subscription) Diabetic Complications Inevitable? Not So Fast...  Sep 13, 2006
Some background on the study - the researchers investigated whether an intervention with acarbose in subjects with early diabetes (fasting plasma glucose ... -The Common Voice

Rosiglitazone, but Not Ramipril, Prevents Progression to Diabetes  Sep 19, 2006
Also, acarbose and metformin can also prevent progression to diabetes, although their effects are probably less than that of lifestyle interventions. ... -Medscape (subscription)

Drug unlikely to slow type 2 diabetes progression  Sep 8, 2006
Health) - Treating "postprandial hyperglycemia" -- the spike in blood sugar that occur after meals -- with the drug Precose (also known as acarbose) does not ... -Reuters.uk

Drug Can Help Prevent Diabetes, Study Says  Sep 18, 2006
...prescribed to treat diabetes, reduced the risk of developing the disease by 31 percent and another study found that the little-used drug acarbose cut the risk ... -International News Service

World News | DREAM comes true for GSK? - 18/09/2006  Sep 18, 2006
Both Merck's Glucophage (metformin) and Bayer's Glucobay (acarbose) have also been shown to reduce the risk of diabetes in patients with impaired glucose ... -Pharma Times (subscription)

Not yet diabetic, but bad enough  Sep 2, 2006
...says Prof Chan. Acarbose and pioglitazone are two other medications that could be prescribed for people with pre-diabetes. It seems ... -Malaysia Star

Bayer to trial anti-diabetes drug Acarbose as cardiovascular ...  -  Dec 3, 2006
Forbes,FRANKFURT (AFX) - Bayer AG said it will start a new outcome trial in 2007 to investigate the effects of the oral antidiabetes drug Acarbose on preventing

Low blood sugar at night still a diabetes problem  Jun 30, 2006
On different nights they were assigned to receive no treatment, an uncooked cornstarch bar, a snack, a snack and the drug acarbose, or a dose of terbutaline. ... -Reuters.uk



Ranbaxy Q1 Net Flat YoY On Negative Growth In UK And France  Apr 20, 2006
...in India, will provide doctors with an efficacious medicine that is a strong and selective inhibitor as compared to the available 'Alpha-Glycosidase' - Acarbose ... - Trading Markets

Ranbaxy Q1, 06, Global Sales At USD 287 MN, Up 14 Per Cent  Apr 19, 2006
...in India, will provide doctors with an efficacious medicine that is a strong and selective inhibitor as compared to the available 'Alpha-Glucosidase' - Acarbose ... - Webbolt Business News





Africa suffers 36 cases of biopiracy  Mar 31, 2006
...patent law treaty). — Diabetes Drug produced by a microbe from Kenya: Acarbose is a drug taken by Type II diabetics. The German ... - Public Agenda

Looking Back - March 30, 2006  Mar 30, 2006
Acarbose, known by the brand name Prandase, was cleared by Health Canada last November and is just now hitting pharmacy shelves. ... - Brandon Sun

Bacteria and ball games keep her busy  Mar 17, 2006
Acarbose and voglibose, compounds similar to those Flatt’s team hopes to find, mimic long-chain sugars in the body, where they can stop the breakdown of ... - OSU Daily Barometer

Ranbaxy Launches Volix (Voglibose) For Treatment Of Diabetes ...  Jan 30, 2006
...will provide Indian doctors with an efficacious medicine which is a strong and selective inhibitor as compared to the available ‘Alpha-Glucosidase' - Acarbose ... - Medical News Today

New drug for diabetes  Jan 24, 2006
...drug. Volix (Voglibose) is found to be efficient and selective inhibitor as compared to the available Alpha-Glucosidase - Acarbose. - Andhra Cafe

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