Coming Soon: An LDL-Lowering Drug with Few Side Effects

Bempedoic acid may be an alternative for patients who can’t take statins. By Holly Strawbridge Any day now the U.S. Food & Drug Administration is likely to approve a novel cholesterol-lowering agent called bempedoic acid. It is as effective as statins in reducing LDL cholesterol and C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation associated with […]