7 February 2018

AstraZeneca today announced results from a new sub-analysis of the Phase III PEGASUS-TIMI 54 trial, demonstrating a risk reduction of 19% in MACE (the composite of CV death, myocardial infarction, or stroke) (HR 0.81; 95% CI, 0.7–0.95) and of 36% in coronary death (HR 0.64; 95% CI, 0.45–0.89) from treatment with Brilinta 60mg (ticagrelor), in combination with low dose aspirin, in people who had survived a heart attack and had stenosis (abnormal narrowing) in two or more coronary blood vessels, a condition known as multi-vessel disease (MVD)

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