Monday, September 1, 2014

New 'Blockbuster' Heart Failure Drug Found in Test

Deaths from chronic heart failure was reduced by 20 percent when compared to an existing treatment, with an experimental drug from Swiss pharma giant Novartis, reveals the results of a vast new study. The new drug, called LCZ696, has been labelled a potential "blockbuster" with sales in the billions of dollars, say analysts. Cardiovascular failure, in which the heart does not pump blood effectively, kills at least 26 million people a year worldwide. ...

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