Dyslipidemia

New data from the REDUCE-IT trial suggests icosapent ethyl offers benefit even among those with LDL-C less than 55 mg/dL.

Finerenone reduces outpatient worsening HF in patients with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction in a secondary analysis of FINEARTS-HF.

With this FDA approval, chenodiol tablets become the first approved drug to treat CTX, a rare lipid storage disease.

The US supply of semaglutide and semaglutide 2.4 mg now meets or exceeds current and projected demand, ending the long-running shortages of these blockbuster drugs.

Dual SGLT1/2 inhibition with sotagliflozin significantly reduced both heart attacks and stroke in a prespecified secondary analysis of the SCORED trial.

Large ASCVD randomized controlled trials in prominent journals often use heterogeneous endpoints, which could influence reported results.

Our top 5 headlines include a target date for a cholesterol-lowering drug, long-term dermatology data, and an expanded dosing label for geographic atrophy.

Cardiovascular clinical outcome trials require a large number of sites to meet enrollment targets, but patient-per-site ratios were often low.

Olpasiran sustained reductions in oxidized phospholipids on apoB in patients with ASCVD and elevated Lp(a) levels in the Phase 2 dose-ranging trial.

CELZ-201 reduced insulin dependency and stabilized HbA1c in 1-year follow-up data from the AlloStem pilot study in T2D.

Cardiovascular hospitalization rates were higher in the US than in Denmark, driven by a significant increase in heart failure and myocardial infarction hospitalizations.

Announced by LIB Therapeutics Inc., the agency has set a PDUFA target action date of December 12, 2025.

Use of medications for secondary CVD prevention is low globally, and in most country income-level groups, with no indication of improvement.

SGLT2 inhibitors lower the risk of MACE in older age, despite smaller HbA1c reductions, while GLP-1 RAs were more cardioprotective in younger individuals with T2D.

Elevated HDL-C raised glaucoma risk, particularly for participants aged ≥55 years, contrary to its typical beneficial role in cardiovascular health.

Lipid screening after bulk orders and outreach letters increased significantly at 3 months, but supplemental text messaging had no further impact.

The January 2025 cardiology month in review highlights new NDA acceptances, clearance of the first Lp(a) test in molar units, and national trends in preventive aspirin use.

Once-weekly tirzepatide may be an alternative to daily hormone shots in patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy.

Our top 5 headlines include approvals for a non-opioid pain reliever, the latest indication for semaglutide, positive phase 2 data in MASH, and more.

A study showed that greater total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were associated with a quicker decline in global cognition.

Merck announced robust efficacy data on the benefit of sotatercept for PAH in the STELLAR and ZENITH studies led to a loss of clinical equipoise in HYPERION.

Results from the Phase 3 LIBerate-HoFH trial found LDL-C responses generally similar between patients treated with lerodalcibep and evolocumab.

Awarded to Roche, the Tina-quant® Lipoprotein (a) Gen.2 Molarity assay will be the first 510(k) cleared test measuring Lp(a) in nanomoles per liter (nmol/L).

Only 7% of patients presenting to US emergency departments received cardiac biomarker testing, with 2.8% diagnosed with ACS.

Enobosarm led to a statistically significant benefit in the protection of lean mass in patients with overweight or obesity receiving semaglutide.