Anton78 schreef op 20 januari 2021 15:17:
Merck/Bayer's Verquvo OK'd in U.S. for chronic heart failureJan. 20, 2021 7:14 AM ETMerck & Co., Inc. (MRK)By: Mamta Mayani, SA News Editor
The FDA approves Merck's (NYSE:MRK) Verquvo, a soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator, to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure following hospitalization or need for outpatient intravenous diuretics in adults with chronic heart failure and ejection fraction less than 45%.
Verquvo (vericiguat) 2.5 mg, 5 mg, and 10 mg tablets is being jointly developed with Bayer AG (OTCPK:BAYRY).
Since October 2014, Bayer and Merck have pursued a worldwide collaboration in the field of sGC modulators. Merck has the commercial rights to vericiguat in the U.S. and Bayer has the exclusive commercial rights in the rest of world.
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