EU panel backs AstraZeneca hypertension drug baxdrostat

BRUSSELS: AstraZeneca said on Friday a European medicines committee had backed its hypertension pill baxdrostat, branded as Baxfendy, for marketing authorization, potentially making it the first drug of its class to reach patients in the European Union. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, or CHMP, ⁠recommended baxdrostat for ⁠adults whose hypertension is insufficiently controlled by at least two…