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Esperion Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Provides Company Update
– Unprecedented CLEAR Outcomes Study Approaching 95% MACE Accumulation– – U.S. Net Product Revenue of NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) Tablets and NEXLIZET®
About this update from Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"– Unprecedented CLEAR Outcomes Study Approaching 95% MACE Accumulation– – U.S. Net Product Revenue of NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) Tablets and NEXLIZET® (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) Tablets Grew approximately 109% Y/Y to $13.4 Million in the First Quarter 2022– – Retail Prescription Equivalents Grew 56.7% Year over Year – ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esperion (NASDAQ: ESPR) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided a business update. \"During the first quarter of 2022, our team remained focused on our two primary objectives, delivering on our promise to drive consistent growth for NEXLETOL® and NEXLIZET®, available today, and advancing our unprecedented CLEAR Outcomes trial, which is approaching 95% MACE accumulation,” said Sheldon Koenig, president and chief executive officer of Esperion. “Looking ahead to what will be a significant year for Esperion, we continue to anticipate achieving 100% MACE accumulation during the second half of this year, with a topline readout in the first quarter of 2023. With cardiovascular disease persisting as the leading cause of death in the United States, and heart disease and stroke mortality rates rising sharply since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, these results remain of critical importance for millions of patients suffering from cardiovascular disease. CLEAR is the first and only outcomes study to focus predominantly on patients who are unable to achieve their LDL cholesterol goals with existing treatment options, with a particular focus on patient groups that are historically underrepresented in clinical trials. The results have the potential to demonstrate the significant role of bempedoic acid in the cardiovascular disease therapy landscape.” 2022 Key Accomplishments and Recent Highlights Approaching 95% MACE Accumulation in the CLEAR Outcomes Trial Partner Daiichi Sankyo continued European rollout of NILEMDO® and NUSTENDI® into UK and most recently Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands in the first quarter; at least 52,000 European patients now on therapy as of March 2022Announced appointment of Stephen Rocamboli to Esperion Board of DirectorsAnnounced support of collaborative pragmatic trial with an integrated and learning health care delivery system in northern California to study the effects of NEXLIZET (bempe...