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FDA panel throws dirt on Novartis' would-be cardio blockbuster serelaxin
March 27, 2014 | By Damian Garde
After a daylong session heavy on scathing criticism, a panel of FDA advisers voted unanimously against approving Novartis' ($NVS) in-development heart drug serelaxin, casting serious doubts on the treatment's potential.
In an 11-0 vote, the agency's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee struck down Novartis' case for the heart failure treatment, taking the drugmaker to task over the design of its 1,161-patient pivotal trial, gaps in the provided data and serious questions over serelaxin's efficacy. Echoing a particularly harsh review from FDA staff, the panel said Novartis failed to confirm the drug's effect on shortness of breath and the rate of heart failure.