Merck, Pfizer to jointly develop diabetes drug

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Merck, Pfizer to jointly develop diabetes drug

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merck-pfizer-jointly-develop-diabetes-drug-120154878.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/efdmeuxRj.4Psu4.GxFqfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T182025Z_1_CBRE93S0XFC00_RTROPTP_2_SCHERINGPLOUGH-MERCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view of the Merck &amp; Co. campus in Linden, New Jersey" align="left" title="A view of the Merck &amp; Co. campus in Linden, New Jersey" border="0" /></a>By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Merck &amp; Co Inc said they will co-develop Pfizer's experimental type 2 diabetes drug ertugliflozin, both as a standalone product and in combination with other drugs, including Merck's blockbuster Januvia. The Pfizer medicine belongs to a new class of diabetes treatments called SGLT2 inhibitors. Now nearing Phase III late-stage trials, it is behind similar drugs in development -- including Johnson &amp; Johnson's Invokana (canagliflozin) which was approved by U.S. regulators in late March. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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