• Furiex Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Morrisville, N.C., confirmed that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, got a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency for Vipidia (alogliptin), and fixed-dose combinations Vipdomet (alogliptin and metformin) and Incresync (alogliptin and pioglitazone) for the treatment of Type II diabetes patients who are uncontrolled on existing therapies.