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SUBMITTER: Schernthaner G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5245806 | biostudies-other | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Schernthaner Guntram G Jarvis Sarah S Lotan Chaim C Prázný Martin M Wanner Christoph C Wascher Thomas C TC
Therapeutics and clinical risk management 20170113
Diabetes is a global health emergency projected to affect 642 million people by 2040. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) represents 90% of diabetes cases and is associated with a range of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors that are more than double the incidence of CV disease and significantly increase mortality rates. Diabetes treatments have typically focused on improving glycemic control but their effect on CV outcomes has remained uncertain. In 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) looked to addr ...[more]