AstraZeneca Says Bydureon Trial Meets Safety Objectives; No Significant CV Reduction

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) said Tuesday that a recent trial of Bydureon met the primary safety objectives to not increase cardiovascular risk for patients with Type-2 diabetes.

However, Astra said that while cardiovascular events were observed in the trial, the object of reducing cardiovascular risk wasn't statistically significant.

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May 23, 2017 02:34 ET (06:34 GMT)