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

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Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR) Initiates CVOT Trial for Bempedoic Acid

January 9, 2017 8:08 AM EST

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPR) 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 intolerant.

The CVOT known as Cholesterol Lowering via... More