The U.S. FDA has approved Novo Nordisk's Ozempic for reducing the risk of kidney failure and disease progression, as well as death due to heart problems in diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD),

Expanded Ozempic approval in the U.S. could transform how doctors treat patients with chronic kidney disease, which involves a gradual loss of kidney function.

Ozempic, or semaglutide, can now be used to reduce the risk of worsening kidney disease or kidney failure in adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Novo Nordisk said.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic (semaglutide) to reduce certain risks associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Ozempic, the blockbuster GLP-1 drug that was originally approved to treat type 2 diabetes, has now also been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to reduce certain risks associated with chronic kidney disease,

Regulators have approved the drug as a treatment for weight loss, Type 2 diabetes and lowering the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Approval was based on results from the Phase IIIb FLOW trial, which demonstrated a 24% relative risk reduction in kidney disease, kidney failure, and cardiovascular death in patients treated with Ozempic.

Novo Nordisk said on Tuesday the U.S. FDA has approved its blockbuster drug Ozempic to lower the risk of progression of chronic kidney disease and the organ's failure, and death due to heart problems in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic (semaglutide) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening, kidney failure and cardiovascular disease (CVD) death in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Breakthrough in diabetes treatment! The US FDA approves Ozempic for reducing kidney disease risk in diabetic patients. Learn more about this game-changing medication.