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JUNE 23, 2016

First PCSK9 Outcomes Data Pushed to 2017



By Gina Shaw

Providers, payors and patients will have to wait a little longer for highly anticipated outcomes data on the new cholesterol-lowering proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors.

Kristen Davis, a spokeswoman for Amgen, the developer of evolocumab (Repatha), confirmed to SPC on June 23 that top-line results from the FOURIER (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research With PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects With Elevated Risk) trial will likely not be released until