Victoza Wins Head-To-Head Battle With Januvia

April 24th, 2012
Written by Michael O'Leary

If you take Victoza to help control your blood sugar for type 2 diabetes, you can now officially wear the foam finger proclaiming your team is number one.

The FDA this week approved an expanded label for Victoza showing data from two large trials that compared Victoza head-to-head with Januvia®. In both studies, Victoza won 2-0 for superior blood sugar control and weight loss. (Published site)

Is Victoza Better Than Bydureon?

September 22nd, 2011 by Ryan Luce No Comments

written by Michael O’Leary

Daily injections of liraglutide (Victoza) nosed out once-a-week injections of exenatide (Bydureon) in a head-to-head comparison in terms of reducing HbA1c, but type 2 diabetes patients using exenatide experienced fewer, milder side effects.

The results of the clinical trial were presented last week at the 47^th Annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes last week in Lisbon, Portugal and was reported on by MedPage Today. (Link to published site)