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The FDA approved asundexian with antiplatelet therapy after noncardioembolic ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA, based on OCEANIC-STROKE data.

Clinicians at ACAAI 2026 will see late-breaking HAE, anaphylaxis, urticaria, and food allergy data, plus exclusive expert interviews.

Mona Shahriari, MD, and Valerie D. Callender, MD, discuss trial diversity, better outcome measures, and how investigators can earn patient trust.

Compass Pathways completed its NDA for COMP360 based on 2 phase 3 trials and a phase 2b study in > 1000 participants with highly chronic TRD.

In a UCB-funded network meta-analysis of 17 trials, bimekizumab ranked first on HiSCR50, HiSCR75, and IHS4-55 among HS drugs at Weeks 12 - 16.

The 2027 GOLD report recommends a LAMA for group A, defines 6 pre-COPD types, and expands CT, rehabilitation, and cardiovascular guidance for COPD.

Topline results presented at The Liver Meeting showed 79% of patients with HDV reached undetectable HDV RNA at 48 weeks with monthly elebsiran plus tobevibart.

Kausik Ray, MD, MBChB, MPhil, discusses Lp(a)HORIZON, remnant cholesterol targets, enlicitide, and the lipid outcome trials to watch in 2027.

In the phase 2b IMPACT trial, up to 42.9% of patients with MASH achieved concurrent liver fat, ALT, and stiffness responses on pemvidutide vs 3.3% on placebo.

End-of-study B-Well data show 91% of patients with chronic hepatitis B who achieved functional cure with bepirovirsen maintained it through Week 96.

With LDL-C target-guided titration, starting statin plus ezetimibe vs a statin alone yielded similar 3-year events in ASCVD.

Stopping statins was noninferior at 2 years in adults 70 and older without CVD, but events were higher over full follow-up (12.7% vs 9.2%).

Post hoc phase 2 data show survodutide improved MASH and fibrosis endpoints across all weight loss categories, including patients losing less than 5%.

Asundexian lowered ischemic stroke without more major bleeding across low, intermediate, and high Framingham risk groups (all P interaction > .25).

Adding spironolactone lowered 3-month home SBP by 7.7 mm Hg vs standard care in 160 stroke survivors with uncontrolled hypertension.

A systolic target below 120 mm Hg lowered major cardiovascular events vs below 140 mm Hg in 4368 patients with prior ischemic stroke or TIA.

Chronic hypertension in pregnancy was tied to 30% higher odds of critical congenital heart disease in a study of 44 million US births.

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, highlights HCM agents to watch in 2027, including sotagliflozin and EDG-7500, and how MAPLE-HCM challenged beta-blocker use.

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, discusses the move toward medical therapy in HCM, the nonobstructive treatment gap, and imaging's role in diagnosis and follow-up.

Low-frequency cannabis use was linked to 23% higher odds of self-reported cardiovascular disease and 40% higher odds of stroke in a BRFSS analysis.

Compared to metformin, GLP-1 RAs were linked to more normoglycemia reversion and less diabetes progression in 256,492 adults with prediabetes.

Pelacarsen cut lipoprotein(a) by 78.4% at 12 months but did not reduce MACE vs placebo in 8322 patients with cardiovascular disease (HR, 1.02).

Despite lowering free IL-6 and hsCRP, monthly ziltivekimab did not reduce 3-point MACE vs placebo in 6376 patients with ASCVD and CKD.