New modelling reveals escalating toll of chronic kidney disease 

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London – A new modelling analysis by AstraZeneca, IMPACT CKD, forecasts up to 16.5% of the population across eight countries will suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD) by 2032, including a rise of up to 59.3% in advanced-stage.1 Presented at the 2024 ISN World Congress of Nephrology (WCN’24) in Buenos Aires, the study highlights an urgent and growing global health crisis …

Novo Nordisk to stop injectable semaglutide kidney outcomes trial, FLOW

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Denmark – Novo Nordisk today announced the decision to stop the kidney outcomes trial FLOW (Effect of semaglutide versus placebo on the progression of renal impairment in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease). The decision to stop the trial is based on a recommendation from the independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) concluding that the results from an …