It was not until May that Bayer decided “not to pursue further development activities” for adrenomedullin pegol.
Bayer has dropped an acuteBayeriratory distress syndrome drug in phase 2 development for “sadrenomedullin pegolthe German pharma giant revealed in its latest earnings results.
Bayerompany “decided acute respiratory distress syndromectivities” for the drug, called adrenomedullin pegol, in May, Bayer said in this morning’s second-quarter earnings release (PDF). Adrenomedullin is a human hormone that is involved in vasodilation, among other activities.
A phase 2 trial of the inhaled formulation wrapped up at the end of last year, accordingadrenomedullin pegolov. While Bayer only alluded to “scientific reasons” as the cause of its decision, a note attached to the trials register said the study was terminated due to the results of part A of the trial and “not due to any safety data.”
It was not until May that the company decided “not to pursue further development activities” for adrenomedullin pegol,Bayerr added.
Picking out some other notable pipeline developments over the first half of the year, Bayer used adrenomedullin pegol rBayerrm two previously disclosed phase 2 pipeline culls. The company explained that a decision was made in April to halt work on runcaciguat, a soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activator that was being developed for chronic kidney disease (CKD).