A new study led by investigators of a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital found that Novo Nordisk's (NVO) GLP-1 drugs Ozempic and Wegovy could be linked to rare cases of vision loss.
Blockbuster weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic may be associated with a rare eye condition, according to a new study released Wednesday. A Novo Nordisk spokesperson said there were "key methodological limitations" to the study.
People who use Ozempic or Wegovy for treating obesity or Type 2 diabetes may have an increased risk of developing a rare form of blindness, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network, which Novo Nordisk has criticized for being insufficient.
Patients using Novo Nordisk's wildly popular weigh-loss drug Wegovy and its similar medicines for type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk for a sight-threatening eye condition, according to data from a study published on Wednesday.
A USA Today op-ed from President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized Novo Nordisk.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders called on Novo Nordisk to cut prices of its Ozempic and Wegovy drugs for weight loss and diabetes, in an opinion piece by them published in USA Today on Tuesday.
Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) appears to be taking a no-holds-barred approach to becoming the number one weight-loss drug in the US after it emerged that an ad for one of its key products was viewed nearly 2 billion times between June 3 and June 25, making it the third most-watched commercial during that period. The Wall Street Journal, citing iSpot.tv, reported the Wegovy ad, titled "Discover the Power", was shown 6,271 times and cost an estimated $42 million in national airtime.
Novo Nordisk's flagship obesity care treatment, Wegovy, recently received approval in China. Obesity is a big medical issue in China, estimated to affect hundreds of millions of people.
In the closing of the recent trading day, Novo Nordisk (NVO) stood at $144.49, denoting a +0.57% change from the preceding trading day.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) declines as a late-stage study of its uncontrolled hypertension and advanced chronic kidney disease candidate, ocedurenone, fails to achieve the primary goal.
Novo Nordisk said on Wednesday it would recognise an impairment loss of about 5.7 billion Danish crowns ($816.72 million) in the second quarter of 2024, after its CLARION-CKD phase 3 trial failed to meet its primary endpoint.