Est. 2026 · Armando Cuesta, MD, Founding Editor
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Tuesday, 2 June 2026 · Vol. 1 · No. 1
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FDA & Regulatory · Tuesday, 2 June 2026
AstraZeneca's once-daily pill, cleared as add-on therapy, lowered systolic pressure by about 9 to 10 mmHg over placebo in the Phase 3 BaxHTN trial.
FDA & Regulatory · Tuesday, 2 June 2026
The clearance rests on a 150-patient trial showing a combined virologic-and-biochemical surrogate response; whether the drug improves clinical outcomes is still unproven.
FDA & Regulatory · Tuesday, 2 June 2026
The CHMP's positive opinion on nerandomilast (Jascayd) spans idiopathic and progressive pulmonary fibrosis, two settings the committee says have limited treatment options.