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The companies have initiated a research agreement supporting the development of new AI-ECG algorithm to help identify patients who may be at risk of cardiac amyloidosis.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s panel of outside experts did not lend its support to Cytokinetics Inc.’s heart drug, citing insufficient data on safety and efficacy.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Friday identified safety and efficacy concerns about Cytokinetics Inc.’s heart drug, according to briefing documents published on the agency’s website.

A separation of Sandoz via a 100 percent spin-off will create the leading European generics company and a global leader in biosimilars, and a more focused Novartis.

AstraZeneca’s blockbuster diabetes drug Farxiga led to significant reductions in the risk of hospitalization and death in people with all types of heart failure, according to study data released on Saturday, opening the door to a substantial increase in patients who could benefit.

Monday morning, Innate Pharma announced that a planned futility interim analysis of the INTERLINK-1 Phase III trial sponsored by AstraZeneca failed to hit a pre-defined threshold for efficacy. This follows AstraZeneca’s Q2 report released on July 29 that included several other drugs and trials the company is axing. 

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected Pfizer Inc.’s challenge to a U.S. anti-kickback law that the drugmaker said prevented it from helping heart failure patients, many with low incomes, afford drugs that cost $225,000 a year.

A new study published in Science found that the loss of Y chromosomes in white blood cells is associated with an increased risk of dying from heart disease.