AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement to acquire CinCor Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on developing treatments for resistant and uncontrolled hypertension as well as chronic kidney disease. As part of the deal, the company will acquire CinCor’s candidate drug, baxdrostat (CIN-107), an aldosterone synthase inhibitor (ASI) for blood pressure lowering in treatment-resistant hypertension. […]