BiDil - first drug for Afro-American heart failure patients

norma · Silver Member Joined: 19 Feb 2000 Posts: 282

The drug BiDil by NitroMed seems effective in treating black people with heart failure said Federal regulators yesterday. This will be the first drug approval in the US which is based on race.

A study found that black people taking the drug with other heart failure medicines were less likely to die than those given a placebo.

BiDil combines two generic drugs that appeared to help blacks in earlier research, although they failed to do the same for the general population.
Based on first FDA test results, BiDil could be safe and effective in African-American subjects suffering from heart failure.

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admin · Site Admin Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 47928

Heart drug has been approved for use by blacks!!

BiDil drug, made by NitroMed of Lexington, was approved by FDA for use by blacks. It will be the first medication marketed for a specific racial group. Studies showed that blacks benefited from the drug while the general population did not.

The company did not announce a price for the drug or when it would be available.

BiDil - first drug for Afro-American heart failure patients

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