Cytokinetics, Inc. announced 1 March that it will focus now on a different heart failure drug candidate, aficamten, having received a widely anticipated complete response letter from the US Food and Drug Administration on 28 February for omecamtiv in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), following a negative advisory panel in December.
Cytokinetics To Move On From Omecamtiv After FDA’s Complete Response Letter
Company said it will not conduct the additional Phase III trial recommended by the US FDA. Instead, it will focus on its cardiac myosin inhibitor, aficamten, and look for partners to take omecamtiv forward.
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