The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Repatha (evolocumab) injection for some patients who are unable to get their low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol under control with current ...

Almost all (95%) Medicare drug plans cover Repatha. This includes standalone Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans that include prescription drug coverage. Repatha is a brand ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved the cholesterol-lowering medication ...

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved the cholesterol-lowering medication Repatha ® (evolocumab) Injection, the first proprotein ...

(Reuters) - Amgen Inc said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted priority review to the company's request to add important heart safety data to the label of its expensive ...

Repatha is the second in a new class of drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors to win FDA approval The drug is a second line of treatment for those who can't take or don't respond to widely used statins for ...

WASHINGTON -- Evolocumab (Repatha), an injectable cholesterol-lowering drug, appears to be beneficial, but the drug's sponsor may not have studied the appropriate population, according to FDA ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators said Monday a highly-anticipated, experimental drug from Amgen significantly lowers bad cholesterol. But officials have questions about who should take the drug ...

Q. I developed severe depression while taking Repatha, the injectable cholesterol lowering drug. It took me a horrible nine months to realize the drug was making me suicidal. If I wasn’t sleeping, I ...

A new heart drug cuts cholesterol levels to once unthinkable lows, a treatment that doctors hope may prevent future heart attacks or stroke in high-risk patients, according to results from a highly ...

Most stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans that include drug coverage cover Repatha, an injectable medication for high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease ...