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The FDA Approves A Potent And Pricey Cholesterol-Lowering Shot
Matthew Herper , Forbes Staff
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Praluent, a new medicine to lower cholesterol in people who have established heart disease, for people whose risk of a heart attack or stroke is not being adequately controlled by existing drugs called statins.
It might be a big step in the battle against heart disease — and the approval is a triumph for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the Tarrytown, N.Y.-based biotechnology company that invented it. Praluent is likely to be more widely used, and to cost more, than Wall Steet analysts expected. That also means it could be a big cost down the line.
“Obviously, the class is one of the biggest developments in cardiology in the last decade, that will allow us to treat patients who have been extremely difficult to treat with high levels of LDL cholesterol,” says Steven
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