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Encouraging Heart Failure Patients To Enjoy Their Food -- Even If It's Not As Salty As Before

The individualised management programme of France"s "RГ©seau Respecti-coeur" makes quality of life the first objective for heart failure patients, and one of the network"s dieticians, Mme HГ©lГЁne Guibert, explained that the heart-healthy eating recommended in the programme need not be a of frustration or misery - even for a Frenchman. "For many old people," she told Heart Failure Congress 2009, "meals are important occasions, and it"s our aim to bring together at these times health and pleasure."1,2

New Drug Application For Exenatide Once Weekly Accepted For Review By FDA

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) announced that the New Drug Application (NDA) for exenatide once weekly has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).