Regulators have approved the drug as a treatment for weight loss, Type 2 diabetes and lowering the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Approval was based on results from the Phase IIIb FLOW trial, which demonstrated a 24% relative risk reduction in kidney disease, kidney failure, and cardiovascular death in patients treated with Ozempic.
The FDA’s approval of Ozempic to battle chronic kidney disease “allows us to more broadly address conditions within cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, which affects millions of
Breakthrough in diabetes treatment! The US FDA approves Ozempic for reducing kidney disease risk in diabetic patients. Learn more about this game-changing medication.
Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic (semaglutide) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening, kidney failure and cardiovascular disease (CVD) death in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Novo Nordisk will begin a new late-stage trial of its experimental next-generation obesity drug CagriSema on Feb. 10, according to a entry.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk's Ozempic for patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetes, expanding the use of the wildly popular injection in the U.S. The FDA's ...
Sanofi SNY and Roche RHHBY announced their fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results. Novo Nordisk’s NVO novel obesity medicine, amycretin, showed superior weight loss in a study. Merck MRK announced mixed data from a phase III study on a combination regimen of its blockbuster PD-L1 inhibitor,
Eli Lilly achieved the largest market capitalisation growth of 32.4% to $733bn in 2024, driven by strong demand for Mounjaro and Zepbound.
Drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk's amycretin, an experimental weight-loss pill in clinical trials, may boast substantial weight loss results comparable to those of popular GLP-1 injectables like Ozempic and Wegovy (both of which were created by the same company).
A popular diabetes drug just got a major new approval -- and it could be a game-changer for millions of Americans at risk for kidney failure.