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New REDUCE-IT® Analyses Show VASCEPA® (Icosapent Ethyl) Benefit in High-Risk Cardiovascular Disease Patient Subgroups

Newswire.ca - Mon Apr 8, 5:30AM CDT

TORONTO, April 8, 2024 /CNW/ - HLS Therapeutics Inc. (HLS or the Company) (TSX: HLS), a pharmaceutical company focusing on addressing unmet needs in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular disease, today highlighted two data presentations at the 73rd Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology (ACC.24) describing the effects of VASCEPA (icosapent ethyl) on reducing Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) in patients with baseline high or low Lipoprotein(a)  [Lp(a)]  levels, as well as reducing the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients  irrespective of baseline LDL-C level. The REDUCE-IT analysis results relating Lp(a) concentrations with CV risk were also published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

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