AstraZeneca diabetes drug granted fast track status for heart failure treatment

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AstraZeneca diabetes drug granted fast track status for heart failure treatment
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AstraZeneca's diabetes drug, Farxiga, has been granted fast track designati...

FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, England, May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted the status for development of the drug to reduce the risk of deadly heart attacks and disease progression in adults with the HFrEF and HFpEF subtypes of heart failure, the British drugmaker said on Monday. AstraZeneca made strides last month towards its goal of adding heart failure to the conditions that can be treated by Farxiga, putting it ahead of a rival medicine from Eli Lilly, following positive results in a late-stage trial seen as a ‘wild-card’ by the market.

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