Semaglutide is now approved for reducing the risk for worsening kidney disease and cardiovascular death in adults with chronic kidney disease.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Ozempic ® (semaglutide) to reduce the risk of sustained estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline, end-stage kidney disease, and cardiovascular death in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and 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,

Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 agonist Ozempic has become the first drug in the class to be approved by the FDA to reduce the risk of worsening kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes.

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 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),

Novo Nordisk A/S’s blockbuster Ozempic won US approval to treat chronic kidney disease in patients who also have type 2 diabetes, further expanding the popular drug’s use.

Ozempic's expanded approval in the U.S. could transform how doctors treat patients with the condition, which involves a gradual loss of kidney function.