The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indications for bempedoic acid (Nexletol) and bempedoic acid plus ezetimibe combination (Nexlizet) to prevent heart attacks and cardiovascular procedures in both primary- and secondary-prevention patients regardless of statin use.
The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has expanded the indications for bempedoic acid ( Nexletol ) and bempedoic acid plus ezetimibe combination ( Nexlizet ) to prevent heart attacks and cardiovascular procedures in both primary- and secondary-prevention patients regardless of statin use .
(MI) and coronary revascularization in adults who are unable to take recommended statin therapy (including those not taking a statin) with established cardiovascular disease (CVD) or who are at high risk for a CVD event but without established CVD.Bempedoic acid is also now indicated in combination with other LDL-C–lowering therapies or alone when concomitant LDL-C–lowering therapy is not possible to reduce LDL-C in adults with primary hyperlipidemia, including HeFH. These "highly anticipated" label expansions in the United States will allow "more than 70 million patients" to now be eligible for these medications, Sheldon Koenig, Esperion president and CEO, said in the statemen
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