Bristol-Myers ends hepatitis C drug development

Published August 24, 2012 12:03am ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has scrapped a potential hepatitis C treatment after a patient participating in a test of the drug died of heart failure.

The New York company said Thursday that it decided to discontinue development of the drug, labeled BMS-986094, in the interest of patient safety.

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