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Despite various treatment alternatives and enhanced insulin formulations, type 2 diabetes often remains uncontrolled in many patients for far too long, thus increasing the risk for serious long-term complications. The causes of clinical inertia with respect to insulin initiation and intensification are varied and include concerns such as weight gain, risk of hypoglycemia, and cumbersome or inflexible dosing regimens. Next-generation basal insulin analogues and novel combination regimens with GLP-1 agonists may help physicians to overcome this inertia.
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Steering Committee Chair
Professor of Medicine; Head of Endocrinology, Laboratory of Experimental Medicine Endocrinology (LEGENDO), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Professor of Medicine (Diabetes), Institute of Life Science, Swansea University College of Medicine, Swansea, United Kingdom
Professor of Metabolic Health, Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Medical Director, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism, Fachklinik Bad Heilbrunn, Bad Heilbrunn, Germany
Former Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University Pierre et Marie Curie; Vice President, French Society of General Medicine, Paris, France
Corporate Vice President, SCRIPPS HEALTH (Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute), San Diego, California