Novartis heart drug gets FDA's 'breakthrough' status

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Novartis heart drug gets FDA's 'breakthrough' status

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/novartis-heart-drug-gets-fdas-breakthrough-status-062737860.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kdHCXnUDDT.9bmwN6xv.vQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-21T062737Z_1_CBRE95K0HY800_RTROPTP_2_NOVARTIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past the logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG in front of a plant in Basel" align="left" title="A man walks past the logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG in front of a plant in Basel" border="0" /></a>ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis said on Friday U.S. regulators have given breakthrough therapy status to an investigational treatment for patients with acute heart failure, potentially fast tracking its development and approval. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) created the &quot;breakthrough therapy&quot; designation earlier this year for medicines deemed likely to demonstrate &quot;substantial improvement&quot; over existing drugs. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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