The U.S. FDA has approved Novo Nordisk's Ozempic for reducing the risk of kidney failure and disease progression, as well as death due to heart problems in diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD),
Ozempic, or semaglutide, can now be used to reduce the risk of worsening kidney disease or kidney failure in adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Novo Nordisk said.
The FDA has approved popular antiobesity drug Ozempic to help protect patients with type 2 diabetes from kidney disease.
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.
Chronic kidney disease affects about 37 million adults in the United States and is expected to rise. It is a common complication of type 2 diabetes.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic to be used to lessen the risk of kidney disease from getting worse, end-stage kidney disease and cardiovascular disease-caused death for patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ozempic for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The drug is now indicated specifically to treat kidney failure, prevent death from cardiovascular disease,
Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease, which affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults. The new approval allows doctors to prescribe Ozempic specifically to lower the risk of kidney failure, dialysis and death from heart-related problems in these high-risk patients.
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