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9 Jun 2011

FDA Approves Updated Label for Lilly Insulin Humalog

The updated label for insulin Humalog will allow children to use a pump and increases the amount of time recommended between changes of the pump's reservoir.

Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. announced Wednesday that the FDA approved an updated label for its top-selling insulin, Humalog, that will allow children to use a pump and that increases the amount of time recommended between changes of the pump's reservoir.

 

Humalog generated $2.05 billion in sales last year and was Lilly's fourth-best selling drug in the fourth quarter, with $525.4 million in revenue.

 

The company said type 1 diabetes patients who use a small pump to receive Humalog should change the pump reservoir and insertion site every three days instead of every two. People can use insulin in the pump reservoir for up to seven days.

 

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