Executive Summary
- •Novartis announced that its experimental heart drug pelacarsen failed in a large clinical trial.
- •The drug was designed to block lipoprotein (a), a powerful risk factor for heart disease.
- •Cardiologists expressed deep shock and disappointment over the sudden failure of the highly anticipated treatment.
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Key Developments & Data
Novartis §NVS announced its experimental heart drug pelacarsen failed in a large clinical trial.
The drug targets lipoprotein (a) to prevent cardiovascular events.
“This is a huge blow. I hardly know what to say.” — Dr. David Maron
Another reminder that biological translation never cares about how clean your preclinical mouse data looked.
Every study short of a randomized trial indicated lowering Lp(a) would protect against heart disease.
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