AstraZeneca (AZN) and FibroGen Inc. (FGEN) Roxadustat Phase III Program Pooled Analyses Showed Positive Efficacy and No Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Anemia from Chronic Kidney Diseas

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Roxadustat Phase III Program Pooled Analyses Showed Positive Efficacy and No Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Anemia from Chronic Kidney Disease Versus Comparators

November 8, 2019 2:02 PM EST

In non dialysis-dependent patients receiving roxadustat, the risk of MACE, MACE+ and all-cause mortality was comparable to placebo

Dialysis-dependent patients receiving roxadustat had a lower risk of MACE+ and no increased risk of MACE or all-cause mortality versus epoetin alfa

In incident dialysis patients, roxadustat had a lower risk of MACE and MACE+ and showed a trend towards lower risk of all-cause mortality relative to epoetin alfa

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AstraZeneca and FibroGen Inc. (FibroGen) today presented pooled efficacy and... More