INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co. has rolled out to pharmacies the Humalog Junior KwikPen, which the company describes as the only prefilled, disposable half-unit insulin pen. Humalog Junior KwikPen (insulin lispro injection 100 units/ml) is lighter and shorter than other half-unit insulin pens and provides a diabetes treatment option for people who prefer a
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co. has partnered with Express Scripts to enable diabetes patients to access discounts for Lilly insulin products through digital drug search and pricing service Blink Health. Lilly said Tuesday that the discounted prices for its insulin are slated to become available on Jan. 1 through Blink Health mobile and web
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., and INDIANAPOLIS — Jardiance tablets, marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Co., have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to cut the risk of cardiovascular death in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease. BI and Lilly said the FDA clearance makes Jardiance (empagliflozin) the first type
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co. has gained Food and Drug Administration approval for the Humulin R U-500 KwikPen, a prefilled device containing a highly concentrated formulation of insulin. Humulin R U-500 is used to treat high blood sugar in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who need more than 200 units of
INDIANAPOLIS and RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — Eli Lilly and Co. and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. have received approval for Basaglar long-acting insulin (insulin glargine injection, 100 units/ml) in the United States. The companies said Basaglar has an identical amino acid sequence to Lantus, another U-100 insulin glargine, and is delivered via the prefilled Basaglar KwikPen. Basaglar
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly & Co. has rolled out the Humalog 200 units/ml KwikPen to U.S. pharmacies, calling the medication the nation’s first and only concentrated mealtime insulin analog. Lilly said Tuesday that the Humalog U-200 KwikPen (insulin lispro 200 units/ml) prefilled pen contains a concentrated formulation of the company’s rapid-acting insulin Humalog (insulin lispro 100
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co. has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to market the Humalog 200 units/ml KwikPen, which the company called the first concentrated mealtime insulin analog approved in the United States. Lilly said Wednesday that the Humalog 200 units/ml KwikPen (insulin lispro 200 units/ml, U-200) is a prefilled pen
