Recently published studies assert that Ozempic significantly increases the risk of developing a rare eye condition called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION.

The European Union’s drug regulator said it would review two studies that linked Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic to a rare eye condition.

Following an appeal by the Danish Medicines Agency, the European Union’s drug regulator will review two new studies that have strengthened the link between Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster GLP-1 and a rare eye disease.

With U.S. headquarters in Plainsboro, Novo Nordisk told NJBIZ, "NAION is a very rare eye disease, and it is not an adverse drug reaction for the marketed formulations of semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy) as per the approved labels.

The European Union's drug regulator said it would assess two new Danish studies that link Novo Nordisk's popular diabetes drug Ozempic to a rare eye disease. The studies published earlier this week had found Ozempic significantly increases the risk of type 2 diabetes patients developing NAION (non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy),

Denmark's drug regulator has asked the European Medicine Agency's safety committee to evaluate two studies that found a potential link between Novo Nordisk's (NVO) type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic (semaglutide) and a rare eye condition.