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Linagliptin safe and effective for African American patients with type 2 diabetes

25 May 2012

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company today announced Phase 3 study results for linagliptin 5 mg once-daily, which showed significant hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c or A1C) reduction of 0.88 percent compared to 0.24 percent in the placebo group (p=0.0002) at 24 weeks in black or African American adult patients with type 2 diabetes whose blood sugar was not adequately ...

African-American Employees Suing NJ Company

24 May 2012

An attorney for those employees says that, among other things, a noose was found hanging in near their lockers at Siemens Demag Delaval.

First African-American Graduate From Naval Academy Dies

24 May 2012

Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, has died, the Academy said. He was 85.