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FDA gives Merck priority review for blood vessel disorder therapy sotatercept

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  • cafead   Sep 28, 2023 at 11:52: PM
via The Food and Drug Administration granted Merck priority review for its hypertension treatment sotatercept, following the results from the Phase 3 STELLAR trial, the company announced Thursday.

Sotatercept is a novel investigational activin signaling inhibitor targeting pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare and progressive disease that causes the narrowing of blood vessels in the lungs.

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