Amgen on Friday revealed its PCSK9 drug Repatha (evolocumab) reduced the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events but had no effect on cardiovascular death, mixed results which could spell ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broadened the approved use of Repatha ® (evolocumab) to ...

SaveHealth reports on cholesterol medications, detailing common types like statins, their effects, and safety considerations ...

Adding Repatha to Standard Therapy of Statins or Other LDL-C Lowering Treatments Significantly Reduces Cardiovascular Events Compared with Standard Therapy Alone Repatha is Now the First and Only ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Repatha (evolocumab) injection for some patients who are unable to get their low-density lipoprotein (LDL)cholesterol under control with current ...

New research shows that Amgen’s Repatha, part of a new class of treatments that dramatically lower cholesterol known as PCSK9 inhibitors, decreased the amount of plaque in patients with heart ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved the cholesterol-lowering medication ...

The agreement is based on the results from the FOURIER trial presented recently at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions. In March, when cardiovascular outcomes results were presented ...

For all the talk about new opportunities for consumers to make their own healthcare decisions, much remains out of their control. Nowhere is that more evident than in the prescription drug market, ...

The pharmaceutical company Amgen announced Wednesday that it will decrease the price of its cholesterol lowering drug Repatha by 60%. The company said some patients weren’t filling their prescriptions ...