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England's health chiefs have given the green light to the drug finerenone to treat type 2 diabetes patients in the advanced stages of kidney disease. The drug slows kidney damage and is far less likely to cause serious heart problems.
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Kidney failure drugs for diabetics given go-ahead in England
More than a million people who have both type 2 diabetes and kidney disease could benefit from a daily pill, finerenone, that slashes the risk of kidney failure, heart complications and death.