The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's panel of outside experts did not lend its support to Cytokinetics Inc's heart drug, citing insufficient data on safety and efficacy.
Dec 13 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's panel of outside experts did not lend its support to Cytokinetics Inc'sThe panel voted 8-3 against recommending use of the drug, omecamtiv mecarbil, for treating patients with a type of heart failure caused by abnormal contractions in the main pumping chamber of the heart.
The panel also suggested Cytokinetics gather additional data on the drug's ability to reduce the risk of heart-failure related death. Omecamtiv mecarbil is designed to increase the activity of myosin, a protein that plays a key role in improving the pumping function of the heart.
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