Promising GSK Heart Drug Misses Primary Endpoint In 15,000 Patient Trial

GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the first of two large pivotal phase 3 trials with a new drug, darapladib, had failed to meet its primary endpoint. Full results of the trial will be presented at a scientific meeting. The STABILITY trial (STabilisation of Atherosclerotic plaque By Initiation of darapLadIb TherapY) tested the effect of darapladib, an investigational Lp-PLA2 inhibitor,…

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