New insulin called degludec

I’ve seen a couple articles on this today (Sep.28,2010). In stage 2 trial in U.K.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2010/Sep/a-new-insulin-being-developed-to-combat-diabetes-91129221.html

Here is one of them in the link from Diabetes.co.uk


http://www.novonordisk.com/science/pipeline/rd_pipeline.asp?showid=4
link here

7,000 people T1 and T2 diabetics to try Degludec insulin in phase 3 trials. That is a lot more people than previously tested. It seems more groundbreaking for T2’s but can it be a step towards a smart insulin for T1’s?