The conclusion of an advisory panel to the U.S. FDA concluded was that Novo Nordisk A/S’s new diabetes drug semaglutide was effective, reasonably safe and should be approved, according to a Reuters article.
The panel reportedly voted 16-0 with one abstention recommending the drug's approval. The drug falls in a class of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs, which imitate an intestinal hormone that stimulates the production of insulin.
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