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Insulin aspart, sold under the brand name NovoLog, among others, is a modified type of medical insulin used to treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes. [17] It is generally used by injection under the skin but may also be used by injection into a vein. [17] Maximum effect occurs after about 1–3 hours and lasts for 3–5 hours. [17]
Humulin was the first medication produced using modern genetic engineering techniques in which actual human DNA is inserted into a host cell (E. coli in this case). The host cells are then allowed to grow and reproduce normally, and due to the inserted human DNA, they produce a synthetic version of human insulin.
Regular insulin can be made from the pancreas of pigs or cows. [2] Human versions can be made either by modifying pig versions or recombinant technology. [2] Insulin was first used as a medication in Canada by Charles Best and Frederick Banting in 1922. [7] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [8]
In January 2018, Reuters reported that Novo had offered to acquire Ablynx for $3.1 billion - having made an unreported offer in mid-December for the company. [25] However, the Ablynx board rejected this offer the same day, explaining that the price undervalued the business. [25] Ultimately Novo lost out to Sanofi who bid $4.8 billion. Later, in ...
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An insulin analog (also called an insulin analogue) is any of several types of medical insulin that are altered forms of the hormone insulin, different from any occurring in nature, but still available to the human body for performing the same action as human insulin in terms of controlling blood glucose levels in diabetes.
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It works the same as human insulin by increasing the amount of glucose that tissues take in and decreasing the amount of glucose made by the liver. [5] Insulin lispro was first approved for use in the United States in 1996. [5] [8] [9] It is a manufactured analogue of human insulin where two amino acids have swapped positions. [10]