New recommendations from ADA for Bayer's Kerendia
German pharma major Bayer (BAYN: DE) says that its Kerendia (finerenone) was recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - 2022 with a new grade A recommendation for improving cardiovascular (CV) outcomes and reducing the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in patients with CKD associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Kerendia was approved in the USA in July 2021 based on the results of FIDELIO-DKD, to reduce the risk of sustained eGFR decline, end-stage kidney disease, CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction and hospitalization for heart failure in adult patients with CKD associated with T2D. The Kerendia label contains a Warning and Precaution that Kerendia can cause hyperkalemia. The drug was also approved I Europe in February this year.
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