New US Cholesterol Guidelines Hit PCSK9s Hard On Pricing, Value
Executive Summary
Already outdated? The latest ACC/AHA guidelines say at mid-2018 list prices, PCSK9 injectables are of low value, but the costs have plummeted since then.
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