Ozempic Cuts Risk of Kidney Disease Death in People with Diabetes
Semaglutide, the same compound in obesity drug Wegovy, slashes risk of kidney failure and death for people with type 2 diabetes
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Semaglutide, the same compound in obesity drug Wegovy, slashes risk of kidney failure and death for people with type 2 diabetes
A University of British Columbia study looking at more than 600,000 people found a higher rate of diabetes in those who’d been infected with COVID-19.
A University of British Columbia study looking at more than 600,000 people found a higher rate of diabetes in those who’d been infected with COVID-19.
Researchers led by Tel Aviv University, Israel, said the risk could be higher because patients were forgetting to take their medication. But the study was observational.
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 fun...