Seven insulin shots a week become one for children with type 2 diabetes

For a child with type 2 diabetes, daily insulin injections are a routine that is easy to dread and hard to keep up. The FDA has approved Awiqli (insulin icodec), from Novo Nordisk, as the first once-weekly basal insulin for children aged 10 and older — cutting basal injections from seven a week to one. 'Having an FDA-approved, once-weekly basal insulin injection available could provide new alternatives for pediatric clinical care,' said Dr Eda Cengiz, a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.

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