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Study casts doubts on antioxidants

World
2009-10-8

INSTEAD of protecting against diabetes, antioxidants -- compounds in foods and supplements that prevent cell damage -- may actually raise the chances of getting diabetes, at least in the early stages, Australian researchers...

Diabetes drug approved

Business | Pharmaceuticals
2009-7-4

DANISH pharmaceuticals group Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza, a key driver for future sales, has won European Commission approval for marketing across the European Union, the company said yesterday. The move...

Novo shares fall after split safety ruling

Business | Pharmaceuticals
2009-4-4

SHARES in Novo Nordisk fell as much as 13 percent yesterday after a United States advisory panel handed the drug maker a split ruling on whether its diabetes medicine Liraglutide was safe to be marketed. The Danish...

Police catch suspected distributor of deadly fake drug

National
2009-2-7

CHINESE police seized a suspected distributor of a deadly fake diabetes drug, which killed two patients last month, early this morning in Chaoyang city of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Li Dong, described...

Danish firm to expand operations in Tianjin

Business | Pharmaceuticals
2008-11-8

NOVO Nordisk has announced a major investment in a new insulin production and filling plant in Tianjin, China. Construction of the 50,850-square-meter facility will take up to two years and it will start operation...

Fruit juice linked to risk of diabetes

World
2008-7-13

WOMEN wanting to ward off type 2 diabetes should load their plates with green leafy vegetables and whole fruits, but perhaps stay away from fruit juice, new research suggests. Eating an additional three servings...

Research help

Metro | Charity and civil affairs
2008-5-7

DENMARK Novo Nordisk has donated a bank of small molecule compounds to the Chinese National Center for Drug Screening and the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The bank...

Ministry issues new diet guidelines

National
2008-1-15

THE Ministry of Health released revised diet guidelines today to battle rising poor eating habits among Chinese who are getting richer but unhealthier. The guidelines were posted on the ministry's Website and...

Diabetes patients can skip cinnamon

World
2007-4-9

DESPITE earlier promising findings, it seems unlikely that cinnamon can improve blood sugar levels in people with type one, or insulin-dependent, diabetes, researchers reported. Previous research showed that cinnamon...

Diabetes bus tour rolls into Shanghai

Metro | Health
2007-3-2

A BUS travelling around the world to promote diabetes prevention and treatment arrived in Shanghai yesterday, its first stop in Asia. The "Changing Diabetes" bus tour sponsored by Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals started...