Cytokinetics, Inc.’s omecamtiv mecarbil has disappointed in yet another Phase III study of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but the firm is holding on to the hope that it could still benefit a specific patient subpopulation.
Omecamtiv missed the 276-patient placebo-controlled METEROIC-HF study’s primary endpoint of change from baseline in peak oxygen (pVO2) uptake at week...