Diabetes News Archive for August 31, 2006

MASON CITY - Individuals with diabetes and their families can learn more about this serious disease at the Seventh Annual Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa Diabetes Fall Festival, Monday, Sept. 11, at North Iowa Area Community College.

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo Aug. 31--TOKYO -- Ajinomoto Co. said Thursday it will grant drug maker Sankyo Co., one of the Daiichi Sankyo Co. group's core firms, the exclusive global rights to develop, make and sell its new diabetes drug, AJD101, and related compounds.

Patients in England with diabetes are better managed than their counterparts in the United States of America due to access to universal healthcare available in the United Kingdom, according to new research. Writing in the September issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, researchers from England and the USA compared diabetes management in the two countries. [click link for full

Tokyo, Aug 31, 2006 (JCN) - Ajinomoto and Sankyo announced an agreement on August 31 which will grant Sankyo exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and market the new diabetes drug AJD101 and related compounds currently being developed by Ajinomoto.

TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Japanese seasoning maker Ajinomoto Co. said on Thursday it has agreed to give exclusive global rights to develop and sell its experimental diabetes drug and related compounds to a unit of Daiichi Sankyo Co. .

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Six San Antonio schools are part of a new national study to test whether changes in cafeteria offerings, physical education and health lessons can affect childhood obesity and rates of Type 2 diabetes.

People suffering from diabetes and lower back-pain may find a new cure in Thai herbs including mulberry and Derris scandens Benth as an initial study had produced results that exceeded expectations, a senior official said yesterday.

By Journal Record Staff The Hille Foundation has donated $1 million to the OU College of Medicine, Tulsa, to establish the Hille Foundation Chair in Diabetes.