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                                                                Synonyms: BAY-1021189 | MK-1242 | Verquvo®
                                 vericiguat is an approved drug (EMA & FDA (2021)) Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                    
                                        Comment: Vericiguat is a novel oral soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator [4]. It was initially developed for potential to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
                                    
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| References | 
| 1. Armstrong PW, Pieske B, Anstrom KJ, Ezekowitz J, Hernandez AF, Butler J, Lam CSP, Ponikowski P, Voors AA, Jia G et al.. (2020) Vericiguat in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction. N Engl J Med, 382 (20): 1883-1893. [PMID:32222134] | 
| 2. Armstrong PW, Roessig L, Patel MJ, Anstrom KJ, Butler J, Voors AA, Lam CSP, Ponikowski P, Temple T, Pieske B et al.. (2018) A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of the Oral Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator: The VICTORIA Trial. JACC Heart Fail, 6 (2): 96-104. [PMID:29032136] | 
| 3. Butler J, Lam CSP, Anstrom KJ, Ezekowitz J, Hernandez AF, O'Connor CM, Pieske B, Ponikowski P, Shah SJ, Solomon SD et al.. (2019) Rationale and Design of the VITALITY-HFpEF Trial. Circ Heart Fail, 12 (5): e005998. [PMID:31096775] | 
| 4. Follmann M, Ackerstaff J, Redlich G, Wunder F, Lang D, Kern A, Fey P, Griebenow N, Kroh W, Becker-Pelster EM et al.. (2017) Discovery of the Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator Vericiguat (BAY 1021189) for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure. J Med Chem, 60 (12): 5146-5161. [PMID:28557445] | 
| 5. Lam CSP, Giczewska A, Sliwa K, Edelmann F, Refsgaard J, Bocchi E, Ezekowitz JA, Hernandez AF, O'Connor CM, Roessig L et al.. (2021) Clinical Outcomes and Response to Vericiguat According to Index Heart Failure Event: Insights From the VICTORIA Trial. JAMA Cardiol, 6 (6): 706-712. [PMID:33185650] | 
| 6. Pieske B, Butler J, Filippatos G, Lam C, Maggioni AP, Ponikowski P, Shah S, Solomon S, Kraigher-Krainer E, Samano ET et al.. (2014) Rationale and design of the SOluble guanylate Cyclase stimulatoR in heArT failurE Studies (SOCRATES). Eur J Heart Fail, 16 (9): 1026-38. [PMID:25056511] |