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Forxiga approved in China for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients at risk of progression with and without type-2 diabetes

Forxiga approved in China for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients at risk of progression with and without type-2 diabetes

AstraZeneca’s Forxiga (dapagliflozin), a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, has been approved in China to reduce the risk of sustained estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline, end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death and hospitalisation for heart failure (hHF) in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of progression with and without type-2 diabetes (T2D).

Farxiga reduced the incidence of heart failure worsening or  cardiovascular death in a sub-analysis from landmark Phase III DAPA-HF trial

Farxiga reduced the incidence of heart failure worsening or cardiovascular death in a sub-analysis from landmark Phase III DAPA-HF trial

New data from a sub-analysis of the landmark Phase III DAPA-HF trial showed that AstraZeneca’s Farxiga (dapagliflozin) reduced the incidence of the primary composite endpoint of heart failure (HF) worsening or cardiovascular (CV) death compared to placebo, in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), irrespective of their background therapy.

Farxiga met primary endpoint in landmark Phase III DAPA-HF trial for the treatment of patients with heart failure

Farxiga met primary endpoint in landmark Phase III DAPA-HF trial for the treatment of patients with heart failure

AstraZeneca today announced positive results from the landmark Phase III DAPA-HF trial which showed that Farxiga(dapagliflozin) met theprimary composite endpoint with a statistically-significant and clinically-meaningful reduction of cardiovascular death or the worsening of heart failure (defined as hospitalisation or an urgent heart failure visit), compared to placebo.

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