AstraZeneca Sees Greater Potential for Top Heart Drug

One of AstraZeneca Plc’s top-selling drugs Farxiga, a diabetes treatment, is beneficial to a wider pool of patients than previously indicated, a study shows, bolstering the product’s blockbuster potential.

Farxiga is so far approved for patients with diabetes or kidney disease to prevent heart failure, and for those already suffering failure due to lower than normal levels of blood being pumped out each time the heart contracts. The latest results show the drug can also work on patients with heart failure who have higher levels of blood being pumped out with each beat.