67th Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association

Abstract

The 67th meeting of the American Diabetes Association was held in Chicago on 22 – 26 June. This annual meeting continues to grow in size and scope and is a unique combination of basic science and medical science but also incorporates all aspects of healthcare and pharmaceutical business relating to the treatment of diabetes. The meeting was composed of general sessions, symposia summarizing the status of various fields of study and medical practice, together with both oral and poster presentations of new, previously unpublished research. The abstracts are published in Diabetes and a collection of the information can be found online with very useful summaries from the final day. These contain personalized summaries of key findings of the meetings as seen by key researches in the field. In this Meeting Highlights article, the key take-away messages are summarized from the author's point of view.

Keywords::

• diabetes
• incretins
• insulin sensitizers
• rosiglitazone

Disclosure

J Colca is the President of Kalamazoo Metabolic Research and Metabolic Solutions Development Co.