Latest results for Ferring's heat-stable carbetocin causing excitement

28 June 2018

A revamped drug that can withstand extreme heat and stay effective for 1,000 days could "revolutionise the ability" to keep new mothers alive, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

The comment comes as privately held Swiss firm Ferring Pharmaceuticals today announced new data demonstrating that its heat-stable formulation of carbetocin is as effective as the current standard of care, oxytocin, for the prevention of excessive bleeding, also known as postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), after vaginal birth.1

Results from the CHAMPION clinical trial, conducted by the WHO as part of a collaboration with Ferring and MSD for Mothers, were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). This is the largest study conducted in the prevention of PPH with nearly 30,000 women in ten countries.

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