Last month, Merck & Co., Inc.’s Winrevair (sotatercept) became the first disease-modifying therapy approved for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and expectations for the product are high, with equity analysts seeing it attaining blockbuster sales by 2026. But there are several products in development for this rare disease whose developers are hoping to give Merck a run for its money.
Keeping Up The Pressure In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Merck & Co leads a market expected to exceed $10bn by 2028, but others are aiming to muscle in.
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