AstraZeneca Pulls Plug On Ionis’ PCSK9 Candidate
Executive Summary
While the Phase IIb SOLANO trial of ION449 met its primary endpoint, AstraZeneca had set a high bar of 70% LDL cholesterol reduction for competitiveness that the study did not hit.
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