Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR): Pivotal Bempedoic Acid Program Fully Underway - Needham

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Esperion Announces Initiation of Global Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial for Bempedoic Acid

January 9, 2017 8:05 AM EST

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPR), the lipid management company focused on developing and commercializing complementary oral therapies for the treatment of patients with elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), today announced the initiation of the global cardiovascular outcomes trial (CVOT) to assess the effects of bempedoic acid on the occurrence of major cardiovascular events in patients with, or at high risk for, cardiovascular disease (CVD) who are only able to tolerate less than the lowest approved daily starting dose of a statin and considered statin... More