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SAN DIEGO, INDIANAPOLIS, and WALTHAM, Mass., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced results from a thorough QT (tQT) study that assessed the potential of exenatide to increase the QT interval across a wide range of plasma concentrations. The study was conducted to satisfy a requirement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in support of the New Drug Application...
In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving.Recent research at the University of Michigan offers new details about how zinc performs this "security guard" function. The findings appear in the July 8 issue of the Journal of Molecular Biology.Amylin is something of a two-faced character. In healthy people who have normal...
SAN DIEGO, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) today announced data from a new analysis characterizing the effects of SYMLIN® (pramlintide acetate) injection in patients with type 1 diabetes who used insulin pumps during two previously completed clinical studies. The data, which will be presented during a poster presentation at the 71st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in San Diego, demonstrated that SYMLIN helped reduce...
SAN DIEGO, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced results from an analysis of the DURATION-1 study that showed the investigational type 2 diabetes medication BYDUREON(TM) (exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension) was not associated with clinically relevant QT prolongation in patients with type 2 diabetes. These findings will be presented in a poster session at...
SAN DIEGO, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced additional results from a phase 2 study of an investigational, once-monthly injectable suspension formulation of exenatide which showed substantial improvements in glycemic control, including reductions in A1C and fasting plasma glucose, with modest weight loss. These findings will be presented in a late breaking poster...
SAN DIEGO, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) today announced that the Company will present data for its two first-in-class diabetes drugs, BYETTA® (exenatide) injection and SYMLIN® (pramlintide acetate) injection, and its investigational diabetes drug candidates BYDUREON(TM) (exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension) and exenatide once monthly at the 71st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) being held in...
INDIANAPOLIS, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled in Lilly's favor, vacating a temporary restraining order and denying a request by Amylin Pharmaceuticals for a preliminary injunction that sought to impose restrictions on the Lilly Diabetes sales force and other relief. Amylin recently filed litigation involving the two companies' diabetes collaboration agreement. "We are...
SAN DIEGO, June 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) today announced results from a study that showed treatment with metreleptin, an investigational treatment that is an analog of the human hormone leptin, improved diabetes and lipid control in patients with partial lipodystrophy. Data from this study, the first findings from patients receiving metreleptin through Amylin's lipodystrophy expanded access program, were presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting and...
SAN DIEGO, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) will be presenting at the Goldman Sachs 32nd Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 12:20 p.m. ET / 9:20 a.m. PT in Palos Verdes, California and at the Jeffries Global Life Sciences Conference on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT in New York. Daniel M. Bradbury, president and chief executive officer of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, will provide a corporate overview...
SAN DIEGO, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) ("Amylin" or "the Company") today announced that the United States District Court for the Southern District of California issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) ("Lilly") relating to its litigation with respect to the Amylin / Lilly diabetes collaboration agreement. The U.S. District Court restrained Lilly from proceeding with its plans to use the same sales...
