Glucobay in the therapy of diabetes mellitus (by the International Symposiurir Proceedings)

Abstract

Held on October 21, 1994 in the Congress hall of the hotel “Cosmos” (Moscow) international Symposium, organized by the Ministry of health and medical Industry of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of medical Sciences and the German pharmaceutical company “Bayer", chaired by academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Prof. I. I. Dedov, amd was devoted to the treatment of diabetes mellitus and the results of the use of new antidiabetic drug “Glucobay" (Acarbose). In the speeches of Russian and German scientists of diabetologists, modern ideas about the pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) were highlighted and the basic principles of its treatment were outlined.