AstraZeneca misses primary endpoint in Brilinta trial in stroke

23 March 2016

Anglo-Swedish pharma firm AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) has reported disappointing top-line results from the Socrates trial testing the effectiveness of Brilinta (ticagrelor) tablets for stroke patients.

Efficacy of taking the 90mg tablets twice daily, compared to aspirin 100mg once daily, was tested in patients with acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischemic attack.

The primary efficacy endpoint of time to first occurrence of any event from the composite of stroke, ischemic or hemorrhagic, myocardial infarction - also known as heart attack - and death was not met

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