PARIS (dpa-AFX) - Sanofi (SNY) announced new results of a large-scale epidemiological program, conducted by independent researchers in the northern European countries, at Kaiser Permanente in Northern and Southern California, and at the University of North Carolina in the United States, providing further evidence that there was no increased risk of cancer in people with diabetes treated with Lantus (insulin glargine [rDNA origin] injection), compared to those treated with other insulins.
The company said the new results reinforce the established safety profile of Lantus, complementing the existing wealth of data already available resulting from more than 80,000 patients enrolled in clinical trials and over 47 million patient-years of treatment exposure to insulin glargine.
Prescription Lantus is a long-acting insulin used to treat adults with type 2 diabetes and adults and children (6 years and older) with type 1 diabetes for the control of high blood sugar. It should be taken once a day at the same time each day to lower blood glucose. Do not use Lantus to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, the company said.
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