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The Pharma Data

This is the finding of a study by investigators at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). The most severe form of COVID-19 is severe respiratory failure, which requires intubation and is associated with a high mortality rate.

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HFpEF vs. HFrEF: How To Improve Heart Failure Drug Development

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Late-stage clinical trial failures are largely to blame for the lack of effective treatment options for patients with HFpEF, and poor five-year survival rates make this an area of great unmet need. Heart failure affects about 6.2 As heart rate increases, so too does the likelihood of experiencing ischemic episodes.