Did you know that Cardiovascular Disease is the leading cause of death for the last 20 years, excluding the pandemic?
The chart shows that coronary heart disease and stroke are responsible for 27% of total deaths. Both belong to cardiovascular disease. The most common cancer, lung cancer causes 3% of deaths.
Source: WHO, 2019
The main risk factors for cardiovascular disease are diabetes, hypertension and obesity. It can be assumed that the importance of this disease will be even higher going forward.
But investments in cardiovascular drug development are much lower than in other therapeutic areas. One explanation is the high cost of conducting large cardiovascular trials. The need for successful prevention strategies, access to existing therapies and the development of new innovative drugs offer attractive investment opportunities.
