Jun 28, 2021 5:19pm Hanmi Pharmaceutical's treatment, once partnered with Sanofi, reduced the risk of nonfatal heart attack, nonfatal stroke or death from cardiovascular or undetermined causes by 27% compared to placebo. (Getty Images) Hanmi Pharmaceutical may no longer have a diabetes partner in Sanofi, but newly released results for its GLP-1 drug could move the needle for Type 2 diabetes patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, kidney disease or both. Efpeglenatide reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and death and also slowed the decline in patients’ kidney function, new data show. The treatment, once partnered with Sanofi, reduced the risk of nonfatal heart attack, nonfatal stroke or death from cardiovascular or undetermined causes by 27% compared to placebo. It also reduced the risk of kidney disease by 33%.