Two years after buying CinCor Pharma for $1.3 billion, AstraZeneca has reported that the main asset in the deal, for uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension, has cleared a phase 3 trial.

Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide has shown efficacy as a treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in a phase 3 trial, potentially teeing up US and ...