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FDA Approves New Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes

January 26, 2010 by Patrick Comer  
Filed under Featured, Healthcare

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Victoza (liraglutide), a once-daily injection to treat type 2 diabetes in some adults. Victoza is intended to help lower blood sugar levels along with diet, exercise, and selected other diabetes medicines. It is not recommended as initial therapy in patients who have not achieved adequate diabetes control [...]