Repatha works by blocking a specific enzyme in your liver to help your body remove cholesterol more effectively. It is not an immunosuppressant drug, so it doesn’t work by suppressing the immune ...

How Does Repatha Work for High Cholesterol? People can have high cholesterol for a number of reasons, including their diet, exercise habits, or genetic conditions. Keeping your cholesterol low, ...

Repatha (evolocumab) is an injectable medicine that helps lower levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), often called “bad” cholesterol. Approved in 2015, Repatha can now be used in adults ...

The FDA has expanded approval of Amgen’s PCSK9 inhibitor Repatha (evolocumab), permitting use in adults at increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events due to uncontrolled LDL cholesterol, ...

(RTTNews) - Amgen (AMGN) announced the FDA has broadened the approved use of Repatha or evolocumab to include adults at increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events due to uncontrolled ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. Amgen said Thursday that its cholesterol-lowering shot, Repatha, prevented a composite of heart disease death, heart attack, ...