Ozempic seen as new option in kidney disease

12 March 2024

Danish firm Novo Nordisk (NOV: N) has announced positive results from the kidney outcomes trial FLOW, in which Ozempic (semaglutide) 1mg reduced the risk of kidney disease progression and the risk of kidney and cardiovascular deaths by 24%.

If approved, Ozempic will become the first glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapy option for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

"Ozempic has the potential to be a treatment option for non-diabetic CKD patients whose kidney problems are due to their obesity as opposed to diabete"The drug potentially fills an unmet need in the kidney disease space as it has an alternate mechanism of action to current standard of care (SOC) in CKD, according to analysis from data and analytics company GlobalData.

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