September 24, 2010 - Janssen and the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) will jointly contribute up to a €500,000 pool to fund a three-year research program into the role of the kidney in type 2 diabetes mellitus. EFSD is the research arm of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
The research initiative - which will begin in 2011 and run until 2013 - was officially announced on 24 September 2010 during the 46th EASD Meeting in Stockholm.
“EFSD is proud to join forces with Janssen to thoroughly explore type-2 diabetes which, despite being one of the defining health problems of the 21st century, remains insufficiently understood... Janssen's Press Release -