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NewsBreak: Astrazeneca's Diabetes Drug Farxiga Gets U.S. Approval

Published 10/21/2019, 02:17 AM
Updated 10/21/2019, 02:31 AM
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Investing.com -- AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) said Monday its Farxiga drug for reducing the risk of heart failure in type-2 diabetes patients had been approved for use in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration.

The drug is the first inhibitor of its type to be authorized in the world's largest health market, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit head Ruud Dobber said in a press release. There are an estimated 30 million people living with type-2 diabetes in the US, and heart failure is one of the earliest cardiovascular complications for them, before heart attack or stroke.

AstraZeneca shares are up 15% so far this year

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they should release the drug that regrows beta cells and cure diabetes once and for all... but instead they have turned it into the #1 cash cow in health care / big pharma. Long term insulin use turns T2 into T1... clever big pharma - class action lawsuits are coming
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