Sekar Kathiresan is building Verve Therapeutics Inc. around the concept of a one-and-done treatment for cardiovascular disease because only half of patients are disciplined enough to take a statin every day. “That’s a huge issue for durable cholesterol lowering after a heart attack,” Verve’s CEO and co-founder told BioWorld.
Less than a month after landing a positive opinion from the EMA's CHMP, Esperion Therapeutics Inc. has won FDA approval for bempedoic acid as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy.