Bayer AG aims to get closer to the blockbuster peak sales its executives forecast back in January for Kerendia (finerenone) with the announcement of a boost to its clinical development program to test the drug in heart failure (HF). Success in the HF program would add to the drug’s already successful launch in chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes, a position likely to benefit from a new recommendation from the European Society of Cardiology.
Bayer Expands Kerendia Program In Competitive Heart Failure Space
The drug maker added three investigator-initiated studies that will enroll more than 9,000 patients to the existing 6,000-patient MOONRAKER program. It has forecast peak sales of €3bn for the drug.
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