Real-world data suggest SGLT2 meds lower heart failure risk

20 March 2017

Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) today announced results from a study that analyzed real-world evidence to evaluate a newer class of diabetes medicines, SGLT2 inhibitors.

The study investigated the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and death from any cause, studying 300,000 type-2 diabetes patients receiving this kind of treatment, across six countries.

The data showed that across this broad population of patients the rate of hospitalization for heart failure was reduced by 39% and death from any cause by 51%.

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