Merck/Bayer’s Vericiguat Outcomes Data Less Impressive On Fuller Disclosure

Efficacy seen in reducing hospitalization in high-risk heart failure patients, but not in reducing the risk of cardiovascular death. Analysts say this portends a more niche opportunity for vericiguat.

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Vericiguat showed ability to reduce hospitalizations in high-risk heart failure patients, but not a mortality benefit

A more than four-month wait for detailed data from the Phase III cardiovascular outcomes trial of Merck & Co. Inc./Bayer AG’s vericiguat underwhelmed compared to the original positive top-line data release. The VICTORIA trial, detailed on 30 March during a virtual presentation at the American College of Cardiology meeting, showed that vericiguat in combination with available heart failure drugs improved the rate of heart failure-related hospitalizations but did not offer an improvement in cardiovascular deaths.

Analysts said these data still leave vericiguat – an oral soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator – likely to obtain approval...

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