AstraZeneca's Brilinta gains Class I in ACCF/AHA Guidelines; enters deal with Progenics
Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) announced yesterday that a combined panel of experts from the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and American Heart Association (AHA) have updated their guidelines to include a Class I recommendation for use of the oral antiplatelet (OAP) medicine Brilinta (ticagrelor) tablets in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) managed invasively.
With this latest guidelines update, Brilinta is included in more than 10 major acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treatment guidelines globally. A Class I recommendation is the highest recommendation provided by the guidelines committee, the company noted.
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