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 ...

Most Medicare drug plans cover Repatha (evolocumab). This includes stand-alone Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans that include prescription drug coverage. Doctors prescribe ...

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 ...

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 ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Amgen today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Repatha ® (evolocumab) Pushtronex ™ system (on-body infusor with prefilled cartridge), a ...

Richard Mullvain, RPh, BCPS (AQC), CCCC, a cardiovascular clinical pharmacist and expert in cardiovascular care at the Essentia Health Heart & Vascular Center in Duluth, Minnesota, delivered a focused ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For all the talk about new opportunities for consumers to make their own healthcare decisions, much remains out of their control. Nowhere is that more evident than in the prescription drug market, ...