Wegovy label should be extended, CHMP recommends
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) advisory committee the CHMP has adopted a positive opinion for a label update of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s (NOV: N) Wegovy (semaglutide 2.4mg).
The label update incorporates data showing that Wegovy, when added to standard of care, can reduce heart failure-related symptoms and improve physical limitations and exercise function in people with obesity-related HFpEF, with or without type 2 diabetes.
The current prime indication for Wegovy is as a weight loss treatment, and the drug generated sales of around $4.5 billion last year and revenues in the second quarter of this year were up 55%.
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