Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy cut the risk of death by 18 per cent in a trial that the Danish pharmaceutical company hopes will convince more health systems and insurers to pay for the treatment.
Martin Holst Lange, executive vice-president of development at Novo Nordisk, said new data showed in more detail how the drug was “incredibly powerful” in tackling cardiovascular risk.
Lange said that payers would be interested in the impact the drug had on mortality and expensive conditions, pointing to the “quite profound” effect it had in cutting the risk of heart attacks by 28 per cent.
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