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Adocia reveals positive trial results on diabetes drug

HinsBet showed identical results compared to the Novo Nordisk‘s products giving local tolerance and absence of pain at the injection site. The inter-patient variability on glycemic control with HinsBet had been statistically lower than that of NovoLog and Actrapid.

Adocia president and CEO Gerard Soula said they think that they have a unique human insulin formulation which could be a best-in-class insulin product, offering type 1 and 2 diabetics a performance on glycemia control as high as insulin analogs but in a more cost-effective way and with less variability.

Following the Phase I trial, Adocia will initiate a phase IIa study on type 1 diabetics to confirm the fast onset of action and the reduction of variability of HinsBet compared to NovoLog and will partner with a company involved in the diabetic field.

HinsBet comprises human insulin and one polymer of the BioChaperone platform patented by Adocia.

The company designed the polymer to form a molecular complex with human insulin to enable acceleration of insulin blood penetration.