Source: Teplizumab drug to delay type 1 diabetes to be rolled out on the NHS – BBC News
The first drug that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes is being made available on the NHS in England and Wales.
Teplizumab is a form of immunotherapy that can give people three extra years before they develop symptoms and need lifelong insulin treatment.
The NHS medicines body described its decision as “genuinely exciting”, with hundreds of children and young people likely to benefit each year.
Type 1 diabetes can develop at any time, but the most common age of diagnosis is in early teenage years.
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