As FDA Decision Nears, Novartis Highlights New Analysis Of Blockbuster Hopeful Inclisiran

US Decision Expected Before 2020 Ends

Novartis has pooled cholesterol control and safety data, but will have to wait longer for cardiovascular outcomes readout.

Basel, Switzerland - 27 August, 2016: sign on the wall of a Novartis building. Novartis International AG is a Swiss pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland.
Novartis is counting on inclisuran to be a blockbuster after its $9.7bn buyout of the drug's developer, The Medicines Company

As regulators in the US and the EU prepare to pass judgement on Novartis AG’s cardiovascular drug candidate, inclisiran, the company has presented a new data analysis to back up its claims that the therapy is a potential game changer in the field and justifies the acquisition of The Medicines Company.

Inclisiran is a first-in-class small interfering RNA (siRNA) treatment for hyperlipidemia in adults, and has been studied in three large...

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