A tiny biotech’s plot to frustrate Regeneron and Sanofi runs into a safety problem
Esperion Therapeutics is looking to drive a wedge into the market for cardiovascular drugs, but it ran into what could be a damning safety issue.
by Damian Garde
May 02, 2018
2 minutes
Esperion Therapeutics () cleared a key hurdle in its quest to drive a wedge into the market for cardiovascular drugs, establishing that its drug lowered bad cholesterol in a large trial. But more patients taking the drug died than those getting placebo, raising questions about whether Esperion’s therapy will prove safe enough to win approval.
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