STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 25, 2026 – AnaCardio, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to treat heart failure, today announced the publication in The Lancet of results from its Phase 1b/2a GOAL-HF1 study evaluating AC01, a first-in-class, oral calcium-sensitising contractile agent, in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The results showed a favourable safety and tolerability profile, dose-proportional pharmacokinetics with confirmed target engagement. In exploratory efficacy analyses, numerical rapid and sustained improvements in haemodynamics and cardiac structure and function were observed on top of optimised guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT).
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Karolinska Development’s portfolio company AnaCardio’s founder publishes article that supports development of heart failure drug candidate AC01
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN March 14, 2023. Karolinska Development AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) today announces that the founder of its portfolio company AnaCardio, Professor Lars Lund, has published an article on a heart failure study in the scientific journal European Heart Journal. The study’s publication reinforces the company’s efforts to develop a […]
AnaCardio exercises option to license a program in heart failure from Helsinn
AnaCardio exercises option to license a program in heart failure from Helsinn Lugano, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden, February 3, 2022 – Helsinn Group (“Helsinn”), a fully integrated, global biopharma company with a diversified pipeline of innovative oncology assets and strong track-record of commercial execution, and AnaCardio, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to treat heart failure, are pleased to announce that AnaCardio has […]
Karolinska Development’s portfolio company AnaCardio strengthens its organization to facilitate clinical trial of the drug candidate AC01 in heart failure
STOCKHOLM SWEDEN – October 25, 2021. Karolinska Development AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) announces today that the portfolio company AnaCardio has strengthened its organization in preparation for the initiation of a phase 1b/2a study of its drug candidate AC01 in patients with heart failure. The company’s goal is to develop an […]



