The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ozempic for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The drug is now indicated specifically to treat kidney failure, ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Novo Nordisk's Ozempic to treat chronic kidney disease in patients who also have Type 2 diabetes, expanding the use of the wildly popular injection ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of serious complications in people who have both Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Type 2 diabetes is a ...

Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

In 2025, the FDA approved six drugs to treat various kidney diseases, including updates for Ozempic and the first approval of Gazyva for lupus nephritis.

Scientists have discovered an answer to the longstanding mystery of why more than half of patients with chronic kidney ...

Around one in seven adults in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition in which the kidneys become damaged and can’t work as efficiently. This allows waste products to build up ...

Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that is also ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The drug is already widely used and covered to treat Type 2 diabetes. The FDA's decision means Ozempic can now be used to reduce the risk of kidney ...

The drug is already widely used and covered to treat Type 2 diabetes. The FDA's decision means Ozempic can now be used to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening, kidney failure, and death from ...