April 30, 2008 - CureDM, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing new therapies that prevent, ameliorate, or reverse both type 1 and 2 diabetes, announces its achievement of a major drug development milestone for Human proIslet Peptide (HIP). CureDM has successfully stabilized HIP to improve its bioavailability with recent dose response studies indicating that the dosage used in man may be as much as 100-fold lower than the native form. HIP is a 14-amino acid human peptide derived from a specific human gene responsible for populating the pancreas with islets, which contain the cells that secrete insulin and other hormones necessary to prevent diabetes... [PDF] CureDM's Press Release -
Monday, May 5, 2008
CureDM : Diabetes Therapy Major Development Achieved
April 30, 2008 - CureDM, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing new therapies that prevent, ameliorate, or reverse both type 1 and 2 diabetes, announces its achievement of a major drug development milestone for Human proIslet Peptide (HIP). CureDM has successfully stabilized HIP to improve its bioavailability with recent dose response studies indicating that the dosage used in man may be as much as 100-fold lower than the native form. HIP is a 14-amino acid human peptide derived from a specific human gene responsible for populating the pancreas with islets, which contain the cells that secrete insulin and other hormones necessary to prevent diabetes... [PDF] CureDM's Press Release -
