Am­gen’s star PhI­II os­teo­poro­sis drug ro­mo slammed by sur­pris­ing car­dio risk, a big plus for ri­val Ra­dius drug

Am­gen’s ro­mosozum­ab, one of its top late-stage drug prospects aimed at os­teo­poro­sis, is in some se­ri­ous trou­ble.

Late Sun­day the big biotech $AMGN and its part­ner UCB an­nounced what at first glance would ap­pear to be hap­py news: the late-stage tri­al com­par­ing ro­mosozum­ab to Fos­amax hit its pri­ma­ry and key sec­ondary end­points. But as you wind through the re­lease, some big is­sues start to rise up that raise se­ri­ous ques­tions about its fu­ture — if it has one. And that could make a big dif­fer­ence for its new­ly ap­proved ri­val at Ra­dius Health $RDUS.

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