Bempedoic acid and bempedoic–ezetimibe are now indicated to prevent myocardial infarction and cardiovascular procedures in both primary- and secondary-prevention patients regardless of statin use.
The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the indications for bempedoic acid and bempedoic acid plus ezetimibe combination to prevent heart attacks and cardiovascular procedures in both primary- and secondary-prevention patients regardless of statin use. and coronary revascularization in adults who are unable to take recommended statin therapy with established cardiovascular disease or who are at high risk for a CVD event but without established CVD.
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 statement. "Importantly," said Koenig, these approvals expand accessibility to primary prevention patients and also "eliminate the statin use requirement."by theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology, the trial of nearly 14,000 patients with or who are at high risk for CVD found that bempedoic acid lowered LDL-C by 21% in the study and reduced the composite primary endpoint by 13%. MI was reduced by 23%, and coronary revascularization was reduced by 19%.
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