Tag: check-under
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Astrazeneca says Forxiga combination beats use of drug alone
AstraZeneca said combining its Forxiga type-2 diabetes drug with older medicine Bydureon was more effective at controlling blood sugar levels than treatment with either drug on its own. In a late stage trial, Forxiga and Bydureon were tested on patients whose blood sugar levels could no longer be sufficiently kept in check under an initial…
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Astrazeneca says Forxiga combination beats use of drug alone
AstraZeneca said combining its Forxiga type-2 diabetes drug with older medicine Bydureon was more effective at controlling blood sugar levels than treatment with either drug on its own. In a late stage trial, Forxiga and Bydureon were tested on patients whose blood sugar levels could no longer be sufficiently kept in check under an initial…
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Cost-cutting deal with unions key to VW’s recovery
By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen's ability to agree a big cost-cutting plan with its powerful labor unions in the coming weeks could determine whether the German carmaker's shares make a full recovery from its emissions scandal. A year after it admitted using illegal software to rig diesel emissions tests, Volkswagen (VW) has still…
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Novo plans larger study after encouraging semaglutide results
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk's experimental injectable diabetes drug semaglutide reduced cardiovascular risk by 26 percent, according to results released on Friday, paving the way for a new and bigger study on the drug's benefits. Semaglutide is the third diabetes drug to show such heart benefits, after Novo's Victoza injectable and Eli…
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Japan confronts disability stigma after silence over murder victims’ names
By Kwiyeon Ha and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – The stabbing deaths of 19 disabled people in their sleep last July and the silence surrounding their identities are forcing Japan to grapple with its attitudes toward physically and cognitively impaired persons, less than four years before Tokyo hosts the Paralympics. Almost nothing except their genders…