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FDA Adds Delayed Gastric Emptying as Adverse Event on Semaglutide Label

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The label includes postmarking reports showing rare instances of pulmonary aspiration for patients undergoing procedures that require general anesthesia or deep sedation.

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STAT+: New Wegovy analysis could boost Novo Nordisk’s bid to expand drug’s label in heart failure

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Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy cut the risk of severe complications in patients with a common form of heart failure, according to a new analysis that could boost the company’s efforts to expand the label for the blockbuster treatment. of those who received placebo. of those who received placebo.

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Novo expands Wegovy’s US label to reduce cardiovascular events

Pharmaceutical Technology

Wegovy can now be used to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events in obese or overweight patients with heart disease.

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Experts to come together for compliance event ‘validation ready’ global labeling systems  

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Experts to come together for compliance event . exploring ‘validation ready’ global labeling systems . ? . A group of industry experts is set to explore how medical device, clinical trial and pharmaceutical companies can proactively manage labeling risk. Wokingham, United Kingdom —?27?April?2021?—

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Leqvio Gets Label Update For Earlier Use in Patients with Heart Disease

Drug Topics

Recent safety data also allowed four adverse events to be removed from the label.

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Novo Nordisk plans label expansion for Rybelsus following Phase III win

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The oral semaglutide reduced the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) by 14% in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab improves event-free survival compared to adjuvant therapy in advanced resectable melanoma

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

For the current study, US researchers performed a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial, in patients with measurable stage IIIB to IVC melanoma that was amenable to surgical resection. The primary end point was set as event-free survival in the intention-to-treat population. After a median follow-up of 14.7 Citation Patel SP et al.