The U.S. FDA has approved Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic for reducing kidney failure risk, disease progression, and death due to heart problems in diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease. This approval marks Ozempic as the first GLP-1 treatment option for type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, after showing a 24% reduction in death and major cardiac events.This country approves Ozempic to cut risk of kidney disease
The U.S. FDA has approved Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic for reducing kidney failure risk, disease progression, and death due to heart problems in diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease. This approval marks Ozempic as the first GLP-1 treatment option for type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, after showing a 24% reduction in death and major cardiac events.