AstraZeneca Deploys High-Sensitivity Troponin Test As Brilinta Biomarker

In PLATO post hoc analysis, researchers correlate results on new, more sensitive heart damage test from Roche with positive outcomes for Brilinta in preventing events in patients who are managed medically as well as invasively.

AstraZeneca PLC believes an emerging highly sensitive test for levels of troponin – proteins associated with heart damage – could help identify those who get the most benefit from treatment with its Brilinta, potentially improving the drug’s value proposition against generic clopidogrel.

FDA-approved since July 2011 for reducing the rate of thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndromes, the novel...

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