Recent news on Actoplus

Diabetes drug linked to heart attacks  -  May 22, 2007
Record-Searchlight (subscription),Only one other drug like it -- pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals --is sold in the United States.

Study finds diabetes pill raises risk of heart attacks  -  May 23, 2007
Buffalo News,Only one other drug like it — pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals — is sold in the United States.

Study: Pill Raises Risk of Heart Attacks  -  May 21, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Only one other drug like it _ pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals _ is sold in the United States.

Study: Pill raises risk of heart attacks  -  May 21, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Only one other drug like it — pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals — is sold in the United States.

Diabetes Pill Tied to Heart Risks  -  May 21, 2007
Forbes,Only one other drug like it - pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals - is sold in the United States.

Study: Pill raises risk of heart attacks  -  May 21, 2007
BusinessWeekOnly one other drug like it -- pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals -- is sold in the United States.

FDA Issues Safety Alert for Diabetes Drug Avandia  -  May 21, 2007
MyFox WGHP,Only one other drug like it -- pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda pharmaceuticals -- is sold in the United States.

Diabetes Pill Tied to Heart Risks  -  May 21, 2007
phillyBurbs.com,Only one other drug like it , pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals , is sold in the United States.

ALERT: Diabetes Pill Tied to Heart Risks  -  May 21, 2007
WXYZ,Only one other drug like it—pioglitazone, sold as Actos and Actoplus Met by Takeda Pharmaceuticals—is sold in the United States.

Array BioPharma Appoints John Yates, MB ChB, MD, to Chief Medical ...  -  May 15, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),During his tenure at Takeda, he supported four successful New Drug Applications: Rozerem, Amitiza(R) (lubiprostone), Actoplus Met(TM) (pioglitazone and

Oral medications to treat Type 2 diabetes  -  Apr 19, 2007
Chennai Online,ACTOplus Met is marketed by Takeda since 2005 and is a mixture of Actos and metformin. Janumet is the latest on the scene having been approved in April 2007

More Fractures in Women on Takeda Diabetes Drug-FDA  -  Mar 11, 2007
Reuters.uk,Pioglitazone is an active ingredient in Actos, Actoplus met and duetact, all sold to treat diabetes. "Healthcare professionals should consider the risk of

Pioglitazone linked to fracture risk in women  -  Mar 9, 2007
TheHeart.Org,Pioglitazone HCl is currently marketed as a single drug and in combination with metformin HCl (Actoplus Met) or glimepiride (Duetact).

Market highlights For next week: Nike to hold Analyst Day on Tuesday  -  Feb 2, 2007
Blogging StocksPDUFA date for Watson Pharmaceutical Inc's (NYSE: WPI) Actoplus XR for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) to hold Analyst Day at

Sales strong for Takeda but pressure to expand is on  -  Feb 1, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),...antidiabetic drug market" and it was also helped by the introduction of the combination product Actoplus Met (pioglitazone plus metformin) in the USA.

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