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ESPERION Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Provides Company Update
– Quarter-over-quarter Script Growth Exceeded 500 Percent for NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) and NEXLIZET® (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) tablets – – U.S. Product
About this update from Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"– Quarter-over-quarter Script Growth Exceeded 500 Percent for NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) and NEXLIZET® (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) tablets –\n – U.S. Product Revenue Increased Five-fold During the Third Quarter – – ESPERION Partner Daiichi Sankyo Europe Launches NILEMDO™ (bempedoic acid) and NUSTENDI™ (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) in Germany, the Largest European Market – – Conference Call and Webcast today, November 2nd at 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time – ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ESPERION (NASDAQ:ESPR) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, and provided a business update. “The trajectory of our U.S. launches is encouraging as quarterly script growth increased over 500 percent and product revenue trended similarly, despite persisting COVID-related headwinds. Providing increasing validation by the medical community for our medicines in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET are now included in the American Association for Clinical Endocrinologists’ updated lipid guidelines and the American Heart Journal published our CLEAR Outcomes Study design,” said Tim M. Mayleben, President and Chief Executive Officer of ESPERION. “Momentum continues to build into the fourth quarter, exemplified by our partner Daiichi Sankyo’s recent commercial launch in Germany. We believe ESPERION is well-positioned to execute on our singular focus of lipid management for everyone and drive long-term, future growth for shareholders.” Quarterly & Recent Highlights Clinical and Regulatory: July 2020: Pooled LDL-C lowering efficacy analysis from the four Phase 3 clinical studies of NEXLETOL was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Cardiology.August 2020: Presented two scientific posters at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2020 Congress based on a pooled analysis from four Phase 3 clinical trials and long-term safety and efficacy data of NEXLETOL.October 2020: Professor P. Barton Duell highlighted pooled data demonstrating significant cholesterol lowering in people with familial hypercholesterolemia with NEXLETOL at the 88th Annual Congress of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS).October 2020: The American Heart Journal published the landmark CLEAR Outcomes study design spotlighting the first-of-its-kind cardiovascular outcomes trial to f...