Bayer and Merck’s Verquvo (vericiguat) Receives the US FDA’s Approval to Treat Chronic Heart Failure

January 21, 2021 Auto Bot approval, Bayer, Chronic Heart Failure, FDA, Merck, receives, regulatory, Treat 0

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  • The approval is based on pivotal P-III VICTORIA trial involves assessing of Verquvo (2.5mg, 5mg & 10mg) vs PBO in 5,050 adult patients with symptomatic CHF and LVEF less than 45%, following a worsening HF event
  • The study met the primary efficacy objective based on a time-to-event analysis & showed a 4.2% reduction in annualized absolute risk. The 1EPs is time to the first event of CV death or hospitalization for HF @median follow-up of 11 mos.
  • Verquvo is the first soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, approved to treat HF

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