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 other antihypertensive medications, to lower blood pressure in adults who are not adequately controlled.

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…

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…