Swiss biotech firm says its pulmonary hypertension drug meets goals

8 November 2016

Europe’s largest biotech firm has released positive clinical trial results with its investigational drug for the treatment of a pulmonary hypertension condition.

Actelion (SIX: ATLN) has announced that the MERIT study to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of macitentan in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH; Pulmonary hypertension group 4) has met its primary endpoint.

Macitentan is already marketed for pulmonary hypertension under the trade name Opsumit, and generated sales of 596 million Swiss francs ($616 million) in the first nine months of this year.

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