European Setback For Novartis Heart Failure Drug

European regulators have dealt a setback to a novel heart failure drug under development by Novartis.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended against giving market approval to serelaxin (Reasanz) for the treatment of acute heart failure. The recommendation is based largely on the committee’s analysis of the RELAX-AHF trial, which was published in the Lancet in 2012. Here is CHMP’s explanation for their decision:

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