Sanofi Launches Multaq Late Stage Clinical Heart Study
May 12 2010 - 2:31AM
Dow Jones News
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis (SNY, SAN.FR)
Wednesday said it is launching a Phase IIIb trial to assess the
potential benefit of its heart drug Multaq in over 10,000 patients
with permanent atrial fibrillation, or abnormal irregular heart
rhythm.
With the study, termed Pallas, Sanofi seeks to show the drug
prevents death from cardiovascular events and is
well-tolerated.
The study is "of major significance since no anti-arrythmic drug
has ever been shown to reduce major morbidity and mortality in
permanent atrial fibrillation patients in a large-scale clinical
trial," said Stuart Connolly of McMaster University in Hamilton,
Canada and one of the principal investigators of the study.
Multaq was launched in the U.S. last year and in Europe early
this year.
Credit Suisse analysts estimate the company will generate EUR100
million from Multaq sales this year.
By Mimosa Spencer, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 40 17 17 73;
mimosa.spencer@dowjones.com
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