Esperion Provides Bempedoic Acid Franchise Development Program Updates; Reports Third Quarter Financial Results

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esperion (NASDAQ:ESPR) today provided bempedoic acid franchise development program updates and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019.

“The Esperion Lipid Management Team continues to lay a strong and durable foundation for what we believe are highly anticipated approvals and launches of 2020 – bempedoic acid and the bempedoic acid / ezetimibe combination tablet. We’re especially proud to have completed enrollment in the landmark CLEAR cardiovascular outcomes trial with over 14,000 statin intolerant patients,” said Tim M. Mayleben, president and chief executive officer of Esperion.  “Our excitement and confidence continue to grow as we near the potential approval and commercial launch of our cost-effective, convenient, once-daily, oral LDL-C lowering therapies for the millions of patients on maximally tolerated statins who need additional LDL-C lowering.”

Recent Development Program Highlights

August 2019:

• Announced positive top-line results from Phase 2 clinical study (1002-058) evaluating the efficacy and safety of the bempedoic acid / ezetimibe combination tablet compared to ezetimibe and placebo in 179 patients with both hypercholesterolemia and type 2 diabetes randomized 1:1:1 to receive bempedoic acid 180 mg / ezetimibe 10 mg combination tablet, ezetimibe 10 mg or placebo. The data reflected that the bempedoic acid / ezetimibe combination tablet significantly lowered low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) by 40 percent compared to placebo (p