New approval for AstraZeneca's Forxiga in China

18 August 2023
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Forxiga (dapagliflozin) has been approved in China to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, hospitalization for heart failure (HF), or urgent HF visits in adults with symptomatic chronic HF, UK Pharma major AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) announced this morning.

The company noted that Forxiga has previously been approved in China for HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) meaning that the drug is now approved in China to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalizations in adult patients with symptomatic chronic HF regardless of ejection fraction phenotype.

The drug generated global sales of $4.4 billion for AstraZeneca last year. It is expected to see an increase in uptake with the approval of additional indications, granting AstraZeneca a majority share of the total HF market, according to GlobalData analysts.

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