Tag: cardiovacsular

November 11, 2019 Off

Roxadustat phase 3 show treatment of anaemia from chronic kidney disease: AstraZeneca, FibroGen

By Dino Mustafić

AstraZeneca and FibroGen’s pooled cardiovascular (CV) safety analyses showed that roxadustat, an oral first-in-class hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), did not increase the risk of MACE, MACE+ and all-cause mortality in non dialysis-dependent (NDD) patients compared to placebo and dialysis-dependent (DD) patients compared to epoetin alfa, a current medicine used to treat anaemia.

AstraZeneca’s Bydureon EXSCEL trial meets type-2 diabetes safety objective
May 23, 2017 Off

AstraZeneca’s Bydureon EXSCEL trial meets type-2 diabetes safety objective

By Dino Mustafić

AstraZeneca has reported top-line results from the Phase IIIb/IV EXSCEL (EXenatide Study of Cardiovascular Event Lowering) trial that compared the effect of once-weekly Bydureon (exenatide extended-release) versus placebo, when added to usual type-2 diabetes care, on the risk of MACE, a composite endpoint of CV death, non-fatal myocardial infarction or non-fatal stroke, in adults with type-2 diabetes (T2D) at a wide range of CV risk.