Ebbinghaus Study May Help Refute Doctor Google

–No neurocognitive adverse effects linked to very low LDL levels Reaching very low LDL levels with a PCSK9 inhibitor was not associated with any increase in neurocognitive adverse events, according to the largest and most rigorous study to assess the topic to date. Small and preliminary studies have raised concerns over the possibility of the…

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First PCSK9 Outcome Trial Results Pushed Back To 2017

Uptake of the new drugs likely to lag without strong outcomes data. Uptake of the new drugs likely to lag without strong outcomes data.Uptake of the new drugs likely to lag without strong outcomes data.   (Updated) –Uptake of the new drugs likely to lag without strong outcomes data. There’s probably nothing more eagerly awaited in…

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First Outcomes Trial Results For PCSK9 Drugs Will Come In 2016

In less than a year we may know a whole lot more about the PCSK9 inhibitors than we do now. Since the approval earlier this year of Repatha (evolocumab, Amgen) and Praluent (alirocumab, Regeneron and Sanofi) critics and benefit managers have recommended strict limitations on use of the drugs because of the absence of evidence showing clinical benefit….

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