GLP-1 medications are renowned for their ability to treat type 2 diabetes and aid weight loss. Now, there's a new benefit to ...

“The impact on not just kidney disease but also cardiovascular disease and on all-cause death.” Ozempic and other semaglutide ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic as the first GLP-1 treatment option for people with type 2 ...

Ozempic, or semaglutide, can now be used to reduce the risk of worsening kidney disease or kidney failure in adults with type ...

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

The U.S. FDA has approved Novo Nordisk's Ozempic for reducing the risk of kidney failure and disease progression, as well as ...

risk of heart attacks and strokes. The FDA said Ozempic can be used to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening, kidney failure and death from cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 ...

Nephrologists jumped on the GLP-1 bandwagon well before Novo Nordisk won FDA approval for Ozempic in chronic kidney disease ...

The approval adds a new indication for GLP-1 drugs and gives Novo an advantage over Lilly’s rival diabetes drug Mounjaro, ...

Chronic kidney disease affects about 37 million adults in the United States and is expected to rise. It is a common ...

Approval was based on results from the Phase IIIb FLOW trial, which demonstrated a 24% relative risk reduction in kidney ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic to be used to lessen the risk of kidney disease from getting worse, ...