New drugs reduce blood sugar

From Washington, D.C., at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association

Two experimental drugs can lower blood sugar significantly in people with type 2 diabetes, research shows. If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the drugs could represent a new class of diabetes medication.

Both compounds inhibit an enzyme called dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), which usually controls the body’s production of a hormone, called GLP1.