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New diabetes drugs help control blood sugar levels with fewer negatives.

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Byline: ANDREW BRIDGES

Two experimental pills seem to help older diabetes drugs lower patients' blood sugar, with the added bonus of a little weight loss.

The once-a-day medications are the first in a new class of Type 2 diabetes drugs that work in a unique way, and competitors Merck & Co. and Novartis AG both hope to win Food and Drug Administration approval to begin selling them by year's end.

It is not clear how widely used the drugs would be, given the expected price tag of $3 (A2.4) to $6 (A4.8) a day. Older diabetes drugs cost 50 cents (A0.40) a day or less.

Still, specialists anxiously await the new…

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