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Monday, March 26, 2012

Once-weekly drug for Diabetes

The US Food and Drug Administration has recently approved a diabetes drug that needs to be used only once a week, in contrast to other drugs which require daily dosages. The drug, named Bydureon is expected to be a competitor to the existing drugs.

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