Taking Novo Nordisk’s new obesity drug may help reduce the risk of heart disease as well as boost weight loss, according to new research from the United States. | Reuters
FILE PHOTO: A selection of injector pens for the Wegovy weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, United States, March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/Illustration/File Photo
DUBLIN — Taking Novo Nordisk’s new obesity drug may help reduce the risk of heart disease as well as boost weight loss, according to new research from the United States. After a year of taking semaglutide, marketed as Wegovy, patients’ risk of suffering from conditions like a heart attack or a stroke over the next ten years dropped to 6.3% from 7.6% when measured by a commonly used calculator, researchers at the Mayo Clinic found.
Novo is expected to release results from its 5-year SELECT trial looking into the health impact of its injectable drug, particularly around heart disease, later this year. Investors, governments and insurers alike are keenly watching the data.“It is extremely important, because we know obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease,” Dr Andres Acosta, one of the researchers, told Reuters.
“So the question is, with medications that are 15% [average weight loss], can we really start improving cardiovascular risk and say people are dying less?”The risk was calculated using the American College of Cardiology’s calculator, based on data including blood pressure and cholesterol levels. The team assessed the risk before the patients – mainly white women, with a mean BMI of 39.8, but no history of heart disease – started the drug as well as after one year of taking it.
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