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GPs and GP registrars now have access to a new Clinical e-Audit developed by National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS), which can assist with the management of patients with type 2 diabetes. This latest desktop software program, which features a new visual design and fast, intuitive feedback functions, helps GPs review drug therapy and target achievement in patients with type 2 diabetes, and provides instantaneous feedback based on clinical data entered.

Reuters - New international guidelines from two medical societies on treating people with type 2 diabetes no longer recommend the use of GlaxoSmithKline's drug Avandia.

Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT; OTCQX: LVCLY) today announced that New Zealand health Minister, the Honorable David Cunliffe, has approved an application from the company to conduct in New Zealand a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of DiabeCell®, LCT's lead product candidate for the treatment of insulin dependent (Type 1) diabetes.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A stepped-up care approach is outlined in updated treatment recommendations for type 2 diabetes released Wednesday by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of diabetes.

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