Oral136 (002).JPG Michigan Medicine endocrinologist Elif Oral, M.D., leads clinical trial of asthma drug that shows promise as an obesity and diabetes medication. ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- After 12 weeks of taking an anti-inflammatory asthma drug, obese patients with type 2 diabetes showed a clinically significant drop in blood glucose. Blood sugar in the clinical trial patients went down as genes involved in the expenditure of energy changed. In the Cell Metabolism study, researchers identified a molecular signature in obese patients with type 2 diabetes who responded to the drug amlexanox. "It's a new mechanism for a diabetes and fatty liver drug.
After obesity drug flops, Arena Pharma plans a comeback. Will it work?
If you ask biotech investors today what they know about Arena Pharmaceuticals, nearly all will mention the weight-loss drug Belviq. Arena gave up on Belviq last January when it sold the rights to its Japanese partner, Eisai. With these new data, investors will get their first opportunity to assess Arena's comeback strategy. The first in the pipeline, targeting a rare and debilitating lung disease, will read out study results later this month. Now, the company is developing three new drugs ― none of which has anything to do with obesity.collected by :Lucy William
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