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By Canadian Press

Health News

Canadian diabetics first in world to access weekly insulin injections

Jun 17, 2024 | 6:13 AM

Many people with diabetes in Canada will soon be able to take insulin once a week instead of once a day.

Manufacturer Novo Nordisk says Awiqli is the first once-a-week basal insulin injection in the world and Canada will be first to get it, starting on June 30th.

Health Canada approved the weekly insulin in March for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

But Dr. Harpreet Bajaj, head of the clinical practice guidelines committee at Diabetes Canada, says it will mostly be useful for Type 2 diabetes patients.

That’s because patients with Type 1 diabetes would still have to give themselves additional insulin injections at mealtimes every day since their bodies don’t make any insulin on their own.

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Clinical trials also showed that taking the once-a-week insulin carried a higher risk of low blood sugar among Type 1 patients.

(The Canadian Press)