Epstein Secrets

place statins," says Schliefer, the Regeneron CEO. Most people who have muscle problems 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 sa

ople who have heart disease, like those who've 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

equately 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 W

at patients who have been extremely difficult to treat with high levels of LDL cholesterol,” says Steven HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025888 --- PAGE BREAK --- Nissen, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. “It’s very promising.” But it will also be very expensive, say Troy Brennan, the chief medical offi

equately 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 W

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 Nissen, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. “It’s very promising.” But it will also be very expensive, say Troy Brennan, the chief medical offi