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 ...

The approval of Repatha was also expanded to include patients 10 years of age and older with HoFH. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Repatha (evolocumab) injection as an adjunct to ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broadened the approved use of Repatha® (evolocumab) to ...

From a pool of the 52-week trial and seven 12-week trials: Local injection site reactions occurred in 3.2% and 3.0% of Repatha-treated and placebo-treated patients, respectively. The most common ...

(Reuters) - Amgen Inc said on Friday it had asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a monthly single-dosing option for its recently approved cholesterol drug, Repatha. The FDA approved ...

The treatment of adults with primary hypercholesterolemia (heterozygous familial and non-familial [HeFH]) or mixed dyslipidemia, as an adjunct to diet: in combination with a statin or statin with ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Amgen Inc's Repatha drug for patients with hereditary forms of high cholesterol and those with cardiovascular disease.

Repatha VESALIUS-CV Trial Met Dual Primary Endpoints Demonstrating Reduction in CV Events in High-Risk Patients Who Have Never Had a Heart Attack or Stroke Real-World Evidence from the Repatha-CE ...

Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a protein that binds to the LDL receptor on hepatocytes, promoting its internalization and degradation within the cell. [Repatha package insert ...

(HealthDay News) — Repatha (evolocumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the second non-statin drug in its class approved to treat high cholesterol. The injected drug, among ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2020) - Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced a new analysis from the Repatha® (evolocumab) cardiovascular (CV) outcomes study (FOURIER) that evaluated the effectiveness ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 52-year-old woman who was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia in October 2024. I went through a cardiac workup for pain in my left arm and found this out. My ...