Baxfendy inhibits a blood-pressure-raising enzyme and, according to AstraZeneca executives, is poised to be a “big product” that should ultimately generate $5 billion or more in annual sales.

AstraZeneca announced the FDA approved baxdrostat for uncontrolled hypertension as add-on therapy on top of standard care.Baxdrostat (Baxfendy) is the first aldosterone synthase…

AstraZeneca’s Baxfendy (baxdrostat) has been approved in the US as a first-in-class aldosterone synthase inhibitor (ASI) for the treatment of hypertension in combination with…