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    New drug Zegalogue for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia received FDA approval

    • Last Update: 2021-04-27
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    It is worth mentioning that Zegalogue is the first and only glucagon analogue used to treat severe hypoglycemia in children 6 years and older and adults with diabetes.


    Zegalogue will be available in auto-injectors and pre-filled syringes for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia in diabetic patients 6 years and older.


    Severe hypoglycemia is an acute, life-threatening disease, mainly caused by a severe drop in blood sugar levels caused by insulin therapy, and is one of the most worrying complications in diabetes treatment.


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    The FDA's approval is based on the results from 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center Phase 3 clinical studies.


    The primary endpoint was successfully achieved in adult and pediatric studies.


    In these studies, the most common adverse events (≥2%) reported were nausea, vomiting, headache, diarrhea, and injection site pain in adult patients, and nausea, vomiting, headache, and injection site pain in pediatric patients.


    Original source: Zealand Pharma Announces FDA approval of Zegalogue (dasiglucagon) injection, for the Treatment of Severe Hypoglycemia in People with Diabetes

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