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New generation diabetes drugs – a cardiorenal done deal? The meeting was opened by Professor William Herrington (Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Oxford Kidney Unit) who discussed the impact of the new generation diabetes drugs on kidney outcomes.1 A meta-analysis of over 90,000 patients showed that sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors slowed chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression by 37%, and decreased the risk of acute kidney injury, cardiovascular (CV) death or heart failure hospitalisation by 23%, regardless, the presence of diabetes or type of SGLT2 inhibitor used. Implementing these drugs is simple and can be done by