Cardiome Announces Suspension of Enrollment in ACT 5 Trial

Cardiome Pharma Corp. Thursday announced that its co-development partner, Astellas Pharma US., Inc., has suspended patient enrollment in the ACT 5 study of Kynapid (vernakalant hydrochloride) Injection following a single unexpected serious adverse event of cardiogenic shock experienced by a patient with atrial fibrillation who received Kynapid.
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