Press Releases

Nick Jonas to be National Chair of JDRF’s Walk to Cure Diabetes

by JDRF Bay Area 06.23.2010 Press Releases

ShareNick Jonas, one third of the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum group the Jonas Brothers, was announced today as  the National Chair of JDRF’s Walk to Cure Diabetes. Nick Jonas, 17, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 13 years old.  He becomes the key figure for the largest fundraising program for the Juvenile Diabetes Research [...]

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JDRF Names Jeffrey Brewer as President & Chief Executive Officer

by Greg Martin 06.17.2010 Press Releases

ShareJDRF Volunteer, Philanthropist, Former Internet Executive to Lead Top Funder of Cures and Treatments for People with Type 1 Diabetes and Its Complications The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the leader in type 1 diabetes research worldwide, announced today that Jeffrey Brewer has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Brewer, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, [...]

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Alan Lewis Resigns as President & CEO of JDRF

by JDRF Bay Area 05.14.2010 Press Releases

ShareContact: William J. Ahearn: (212) 479-7531 wahearn@jdrf.org Joana Casas: (212) 479-7560 mcasas@jdrf.org New York, May 13, 2010 : The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, the world’s largest charitable funder of research leading to a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications, said on Thursday, May 13, 2010, that President and Chief Executive Officer Alan J. Lewis, [...]

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Nick Jonas’ Contest For People With Type 1 Diabetes

by Greg Martin 05.11.2010 Press Releases

ShareSimple Wins, according to Bayer, are small, everyday victories one  achieves in life with diabetes that add up to big wins over time. One of Nick Jonas’ Simple Wins is being able to give back to the community and inspire others to do the same. That’s why Bayer Diabetes Care (a.k.a. Bayer Health Care LLC) [...]

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JDRF Names Frank Ingrassia Chairman of the International Board of Directors

by Greg Martin 04.27.2010 Press Releases

ShareThe Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International is pleased to announce that Frank Ingrassia has been named Chairman of the Board. Mr. Ingrassia is President and Chief Executive Officer of Clever Devices, Ltd.; he is the former Chairman of the Public Finance Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Ingrassia has been involved with JDRF for [...]

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Novel Artificial Pancreas System Using Two Hormones Successfully Controls Blood Sugar Levels In Type 1 Diabetes Patients

by JDRF Bay Area 04.16.2010 Press Releases
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ShareMedia Contact: Joana Casas, (212) 479-7560, mcasas@jdrf.org NEW YORK, April 14, 2010 —   In a clinical trial that studied the benefits of a unique artificial pancreas system utilizing two hormones to control blood sugar, patients were able to achieve near-normal sugar levels for more than 24 hours without hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.  The [...]

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Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of All Accusure® Insulin Syringes

by Greg Martin 10.30.2009 Press Releases

Share This press release was released by the company three days ago.  We hope you received the news faster than we received it here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 27, 2009 – Huntsville AL-Qualitest Pharmaceuticals today issued a voluntary nationwide recall of all Accusure® Insulin Syringes. The distributed syringes are of the following descriptions and [...]

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FDA Alert

by Greg Martin 08.14.2009 Press Releases

ShareAugust 14, 2009 The FDA has issued an alert about the possibility that people with type 1 diabetes who take certain medicines that contain non-glucose sugars might get falsely elevated readings from home blood sugar monitors if they use a specific kind of test strip.  These false high readings could be dangerous, because they might [...]

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