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from statins do not have those elevated muscle enzymes, says Nissen, the Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, who is conducting a clinical trial Amgen and Pfizer, which is also developing a similar cholesterol drug. He says he has patients who are "desperate" to take a statin but who cannot tolerate it becau

ainst 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. "Obvi

low me on Twitter, circle me onGoogle Plus, or subscribe to my Facebook page. Loading... Loading... 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 ad

had heart attacks or strokes, who are already taking the maximum dose of a statin they can tolerate. Regeneron and its marketing partner Sanofi say Praluent will have a wholesale cost of $40 a day, or $14,600 a year, for either of two doses, 75 milligrams or 150 mgs. It’s likely that insurance companies w

from statins do not have those elevated muscle enzymes, says Nissen, the Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, who is conducting a clinical trial Amgen and Pfizer, which is also developing a similar cholesterol drug. He says he has patients who are “desperate” to take a statin but who cannot tolerate it because

had heart attacks or strokes, who are already taking the maximum dose of a statin they can tolerate. Regeneron and its marketing partner Sanofi say Praluent will have a wholesale cost of $40 a day, or $14,600 a year, for either of two doses, 75 milligrams or 150 mgs. It’s likely that insurance companies w

from statins do not have those elevated muscle enzymes, says Nissen, the Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, who is conducting a clinical trial Amgen and Pfizer, which is also developing a similar cholesterol drug. He says he has patients who are “desperate” to take a statin but who cannot tolerate it because