The FDA on Friday approved the use of icosapent ethyl as an adjunctive therapy to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events among adults with elevated triglyceride levels, according to an agency press release.
Patients must also have either established CVD or diabetes and two or more additional risk factors for CVD.
Icosapent ethyl (Vascepa, Amarin) is the first FDA-approved drug to reduce CV risk among adults with elevated triglycerides as an add-on to maximally tolerated statin therapy.
The drug first netted approval in July 2012 for the reduction of triglycerides in adults with severe
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