Diabetes

How much does it cost for a drug maker to develop a new drug? Prior estimates have put this figure as high as $2.7 billion, but a new study indicates that the median cost of development for 10 cancer drugs was actually $648 million-a substantial discrepancy.

A group that represents both community-based and virtual providers finds many issues with CMS' proposal for Medicare's Diabetes Prevention Program.

As physicians treat patients with elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol more aggressively with PCSK9 inhibitors and high-efficacy statins, a test that is more accurate at lower levels is essential.

Dexcom's partnerships are giving people with diabetes technology that will be less invasive and use products that everyone else wears and uses: fitness trackers and smartphones.

The "Day of Action" seeks to unite people with diabetes online and asks them to contact their representatives. Fixing the insulin pricing system in the United States will be difficult-even experts say it's very complex.

The rate of stroke deaths, after declining for decades, is now on an alarming uptick, according to the CDC. In 3 out of 4 states, decreases in stroke deaths have slowed or reversed over time.

Three separate applications are pending involving the SGLT2 inhibitor.

The study uncovered differences by race and education level in lifetime obesity status.

Penn Medicine researchers led the analysis of genome sequence information that revealed 16 previously unreported areas connected to type 2 diabetes and 1 connected to coronary heart disease, with 8 variants tied to both conditions.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

The rapid-acting insulin received tentative approval based on its similarity to Eli Lilly's Humalog.

Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS, said the patients he's seeing in his wound clinic are getting younger, suggesting that the challenge of preventing complications from peripheral artery disease will increase.

This week, the top managed care stories included responses to the disaster in Houston after Hurricane Harvey; the approval of the first gene therapy in the United States; and a new cardiovascular indication for a popular drug to treat type 2 diabetes.

The study finds that the GLP-1 receptor agonist can slow progression of kidney disease, one of the most costly and debilitating complications of type 2 diabetes.

There are positive signs among the youngest children in states where adult obesity rates are highest, but the challenge is to continue that progress as these children get older.

According to the CDC, 8.9% of children aged 2 to 5 are obese and more than 20% of youth are obese by the time they are 12 to 19 years old.

Patients with heart failure tend to have other health issues, requiring cardiologists to understand how to care for heart failure while keeping in mind treatment for these other comorbidities, said panelists at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017, held August 26-30 in Barcelona, Spain.

The largest study of its type sought to pinpoint when the link between weight gain in pregnancy and childhood obesity occurs.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Placing formulary restrictions on brand name drugs shifts use toward generics, lowers the cost per prescription fill, and has minimal impact on overall adherence for antidiabetes, antihyperlipidemia, and antihypertension medications among low-income subsidy recipients in Medicare Part D plans.

A new report from Express Scripts examines patterns of costs and utilization associated with adherence to diabetes medications among a commercially insured population.

This lifetime economic analysis demonstrates vagal nerve blocking therapy to be a cost-effective alternative to conventional therapy in class 2 and 3 obesity patients.

Novo Nordisk announced that its diabetes drug liraglutide (Victoza) has been approved by the FDA for a new indication: it can reduce the risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and existing CV disease.

This week, the top stories in managed care include a study on which mammogram recommendations to follow; findings that continuous glucose monitoring benefits patients with type 2 diabetes; and a new position statement on treating patients with diabetes and hypertension.

Researchers have outlined a 6-item risk stratification tool that successfully predicted the likelihood that patients with diabetes will have a hypoglycemia-related emergency department visit or hospital admission.