Munich, Germany, 16 September 2016 - Novo Nordisk today announced that semaglutide, an investigational glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue administered once-weekly, significantly reduced the risk of the primary composite endpoint of time to first occurrence of either cardiovascular (CV) death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (heart attack) or non-fatal stroke by 26% vs placebo, when added to standard of care in 3,297 adults with type 2 diabetes at high CV risk.1 These results were based on an accumulation of first major adverse CV events (MACE) in 254 people.1
The main results from SUSTAIN 6 were presented today at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 20162 and also published in the New England Journal of Medicine.1
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References
- Marso SP, Bain S, Consoli A, et al. Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes, efficacy and safety in type 2 diabetes. New England Journal of Medicine. 2016; In Press.
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