|Videos|January 27, 2022

Trends in the ASCVD, LDL-C Management Treatment Landscape in 2022

Norman Lepor, MD, a cardiologist and clinical investigator in the phase 3 clinical program for inclisiran (Leqvio; Novartis), discusses major trends in the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and LDL-C management treatment landscape this year.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Norman Lepor, MD, a Los Angeles-based cardiologist and clinical investigator in the phase 3 clinical program for inclisiran (Leqvio; Novartis), on the burden of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) management.

During the interview, Lepor discussed some of the major trends in the ASCVD and LDL-C management treatment landscape this year.

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