September 25th, 2012
Novartis Announces Top Line Results for Phase 3 Trial of New Acute Heart Failure Drug
Larry Husten, PHD
Novartis has announced preliminary results from the RELAX-AHF trial, a phase 3 study of a novel drug, RLX030 (serelaxin), for patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. The company said the trial met one of its two primary endpoints in reducing dyspnea. Novartis also reported a reduction in all-cause mortality at 6 months. However, it should be noted that the […]
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