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Home » T2D or not T2D: Astrazeneca’s Farxiga gets yes answer to CKD question as class grows
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T2D or not T2D: Astrazeneca’s Farxiga gets yes answer to CKD question as class grows

May 3, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Astrazeneca plc followed up its win a year ago in heart failure (HF) with yet another approval for its oral  SGLT2 inhibitor, Farxiga (dapagliflozin), now cleared by the FDA to reduce the odds of kidney function decline, failure, cardiovascular death and hospitalization for HF in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of disease progression. 
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