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In June, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement to alert users about the risk of NAION associated with semaglutide medicines, citing that the frequency of the side effect is classified as very rare. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended updating the production information for the drugs to include NAION as a side effect
The first concerns evidence hierarchy: epidemiology and preclinical models can motivate a program but should not carry the confidence of a trial, and the gap between them deserves explicit caution before a Phase 3 commitment
Infection is rare but possible if the skin or equipment is not clean, which is one of the strongest arguments for having the injection done properly
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