Lilly, Boehringer advance biosimilar diabetes drug in Europe; Novartis partners on new vaccines

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> Eli Lilly ($LLY) and Boehringer Ingelheim announced that their marketing authorization application for LY2963016, a lookalike of Sanofi's ($SNY) Lantus, has been accepted for review by the European Medicines Agency. LY2963016 is a new insulin glargine product and has been filed through the EMA's biosimilar pathway. Release

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And Finally… A new study concludes that doctors who carefully individualize treatment for diabetes in patients over the age of 70 can achieve significantly better outcomes. Story