Detail on asundexian trial miss outlined at ESC 2024

3 September 2024

Germany’s Bayer (BAYN: DE) has presented detailed results from its Phase III OCEANIC-AF trial for the blood thinner asundexian at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

The trial involved 14,830 high-risk patients across more than 1,000 sites in over 35 countries, comparing asundexian with Pfizer’s Eliquis (apixaban), a leading direct-acting oral anticoagulant.

The data show that the drug was less effective at preventing stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

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