Fierce Pharma May 24, 2024
Fraiser Kansteiner

While it’s hard to overstate the success Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 franchise has already achieved, the company’s latest deep dive into semaglutide data in chronic kidney disease (CKD) could help set a new standard for “holistic” care for many diabetes patients, the company’s executive medical director, Michael Radin, M.D., told Fierce Pharma.

Early Friday, Novo shared full results from the FLOW trial assessing the ability of once-weekly semaglutide 1.0 mg to help combat major kidney outcomes such as kidney failure, loss of kidney function and death from kidney or cardiovascular causes in people with Type 2 diabetes and CKD.

Of note in the latest data drop, semaglutide helped slash the risk of major cardiovascular events by 18% and reduced the risk...

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