Lund University Release: New Paper Indicates A Potential Fifty-Percent Reduction In Cardiac Events For Prostate Cancer Patients With Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease When Treated With FIRMAGON® (degarelix) Compared To LHRH Agonists

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SAINT-PREX, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A paper published today in European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, indicates that the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist degarelix (brand name: FIRMAGON®), may halve the relative risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and death in men with pre-existing CV disease (CVD) compared to treatment with commonly prescribed luteinising hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists. The report is based on a pooled analysis of 2,328 men with prostate cancer from six prospective, randomised trials.1

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