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Kurve Technology reports clinical success in Alzheimer disease study

Published in Diabetes Week, October 23rd, 2006

Kurve Technology, Inc., a leader in nasal drug-delivery devices, announced the delivery of insulin by the ViaNase electronic atomizer significantly improved memory in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) or Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment.

In a recent study presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease by investigators from the [U.S.] Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, Washington and the University of Washington School of Medicine, ViaNase intranasally delivered insulin or placebo to 24 study participants. Treatment was well-tolerated, with no serious adverse events or changes in plasma glucose or insulin...

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