Pfizer Has Tafamidis Data In Hand, But Market Development Still A Challenge
Executive Summary
Unveiling its Phase III data showing both an all-cause mortality and cardiovascular hospitalization benefit, Pfizer thinks it can bring dramatic improvement in therapy for transthyretin cardiomyopathy.
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