PARAGON-HF: Novartis Hangs Onto Hope For Entresto In HFpEF
Executive Summary
Despite Phase III miss, Novartis is hopeful that the totality of the evidence will secure it at least a limited label expansion to a sizable but harder to treat portion of the heart failure market than Entresto already serves.
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