Cholesterol drug cuts heart risks, spurs new debate on cost


This undated image provided by Amgen Inc. shows the drug Repatha. The medicine cut the chances of having a heart attack or some other serious problems by 15 to 20 percent in a big study of people at high risk for those problems, released Friday, March 17, 2017, at an American College of Cardiology conference in Washington.



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