Cytokinetics Heart Failure Drug Needs Another Phase III Study, US FDA Panel Says
Executive Summary
Additional trial of omecamtiv mecarbil should be focused on the narrower group of heart failure patients that the initial Phase III study seemed to suggest may have a favorable risk-benefit calculus with the drug, Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee members told FDA.
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