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Esperion Secures Additional Commercial and Medicare Formulary Coverage for NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) and NEXLIZET® (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe)
– New Additions to Medicare Formularies at Optum/United AARP and CVS/SilverScript Coupled with Humana Provides Access to More Than 65% of Medicare Insured
About this update from Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"– New Additions to Medicare Formularies at Optum/United AARP and CVS/SilverScript Coupled with Humana Provides Access to More Than 65% of Medicare Insured Lives and More Than 92% of Commercially Insured Lives – – Increased Coverage and Improved Prior Authorization Processes Make Prescribing NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET Easier for Healthcare Providers – – NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET are the Only Non-Statins FDA Approved to Lower LDL Cholesterol and Reduce Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Revascularization in Both Primary and Secondary Prevention Patients – ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esperion today announced that NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) and NEXLIZET® (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) have achieved additional coverage on national and large regional formularies since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the expanded indications, increasing total coverage to more than 136 million commercially insured lives (92% of all commercial lives) and 34 million Medicare lives (65% of all Medicare lives). Additionally, many payers have accelerated alignment of utilization management criteria since the FDA approval of the expanded indications to the new labels. “We are pleased with the response from insurance providers and large pharmacy benefit managers in embracing the CLEAR Outcomes trial data and aligning their utilization management criteria to the most recent FDA approved label indications for primary and secondary prevention,” said Sheldon Koenig, President and CEO. “Garnering optimal patient access with a breadth of coverage accounting for 90% of all national commercial and Medicare plans at an accessible price point allows healthcare providers to prescribe NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET with confidence.” NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET are the only non-statins FDA-approved to lower LDL cholesterol and reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and coronary revascularization in primary prevention and secondary prevention patients. INDICATION NEXLIZET and NEXLETOL are indicated: The bempedoic acid component of NEXLIZET and NEXLETOL is indicated to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and coronary revascularization in adults who are unable to take recommended statin therapy (including those not taking a statin) with: established cardiovascular disease (CVD), orat high risk for a CVD event but without established C...