These drugs reduce the cholesterol your body makes and help clear out LDL in your blood vessels where they can leave ...

Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while those who’ve had a heart attack or stroke are encouraged to drop LDL at least ...

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Pharmacy benefits manager CVS Health has warned that the new PCSK9 inhibitor class of cholesterol-lowering drugs poses an unprecedented challenge to the US healthcare system. In a blog post ...

Pharma companies Merck & Co. Inc. and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. convinced a judge to throw out several claims alleging ...

The U.S. government's premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower "bad" ...

So, an elevated LDL cholesterol level is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. While lowering LDL cholesterol levels with statin drugs significantly reduces cardiac risk, reducing LDL ...

One of the most commonly used types of medication to prevent strokes is blood thinners. These medications reduce the risk of ...

Dr Jay Edelberg, Head of the PCSK9 Development and Launch Unit at Sanofi discusses the ongoing clinical trial assessing PCSK9 inhibitors for use in patients with high cholesterol, in our ...

Aug. 14, 2024 — More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive.