Partnership launched to find new diabetes insulin drugs
September 9th, 2011 -- Posted in diabetes information | No Comments »Here is an excerpt from Diabetes.co.uk
A new partnership between type 1 diabetes research organisation the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and InnoCentive, Inc, a leader in open innovation and crowdsourcing, has announced a USD100,000 challenge for the development of insulin drug treatment.
The challenge is focused on producing new ideas for glucose-responsive insulin drugs, to help treat insulin-dependent diabetes patients and improve the quality of their life. The partnership hope to produce a breakthrough in the search for an innovative and transformative insulin drug that would improve the management of glucose levels and lower or get rid of having to test blood glucose levels, as well as reducing the risk of diabetic complications.