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What Have We Learned About Innovative Approaches to ASCVD, and What Should We Do?

  • Authors: Kausik K. Ray, MD, MPhil, FRCP; Christie M. Ballantyne, MD; Alberico L. Catapano, MDHc, PhD
  • CPD Released: 10/15/2021
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 10/15/2022, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for primary care physicians.

The goal of this activity is to provide an overview of important data, guidelines, and news on novel lipid therapies approved in 2021.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Latest scientific and clinical trial data on small interfering RNA therapies to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
    • Latest scientific and clinical trial data on reducing lipoprotein(a)
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Applying the latest insights in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) management to clinical practice


Disclosures

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Faculty

  • Kausik K. Ray, MD, MPhil, FRCP

    Professor of Public Health
    Honorary Consultant Cardiologist
    Imperial Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
    Department of Primary Care & Public Health
    Imperial College London
    London, United Kingdom

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Kausik K. Ray, MD, MPhil, FRCP, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Advisor or consultant for: Amgen; AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingelheim; Daiichi Sankyo; Kowa; Novartis; Novo Nordisk; Pfizer
    Speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Amgen; AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingelheim; Daiichi Sankyo; Kowa; Novartis; Novo Nordisk; Pfizer; Sanofi
    Grants for clinical research from: Amgen; Daiichi Sankyo; Regeneron
    Stocks, stock options, or bonds from: Pemi31 Therapeutics

  • Christie M. Ballantyne, MD

    Professor of Medicine
    Chief, Sections of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research
    Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, Texas, United States

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Christie M. Ballantyne, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Advisor or consultant for: Abbott Diagnostics; Akcea; Althera; Amarin; Amgen; Arrowhead; AstraZeneca; Corvidia; Denka Seiken; Esperion; Gilead; Janssen; Matinas BioPharma Inc.; New Amsterdam; Novartis; Novo Nordisk; Pfizer; Regeneron; Roche Diagnostics; Sanofi-Genzyme
    Grants for clinical research from: Abbott Diagnostic; ADA; AHA; Akcea; Amgen; Esperion; NIH; Novartis; Regeneron; Roche Diagnostic

  • Alberico L. Catapano, MDHc, PhD

    Professor of Pharmacology
    Director, Laboratory of Lipoprotein Metabolism
    Department of Pharmacological Sciences
    University of Milan
    Director, Center for Study of Atherosclerosis
    Bassini Hospital
    Milan, Italy

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Alberico L. Catapano, MDHc, PhD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Advisor or consultant for: Aegerion; Akcea; Amgen; Daiichi Sankyo; Esperion; Genzyme; Ionis Pharmaceuticals; Kowa; Menarini; Merck; Mylan; Recordati; Sandoz; Sanofi
    Speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Aegerion; Akcea; Amgen; Daiichi Sankyo; Esperion; Genzyme; Ionis Pharmaceuticals; Kowa; Menarini; Merck; Mylan; Recordati; Sandoz; Sanofi
    Grants for clinical research from: Amgen; Eli Lilly; Menarini; Mylan; Sanofi; Sanofi Regeneron

Editor

  • Ozerk Akgun, MD

    Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Ozerk Akgun, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Content Reviewer

  • Stephanie Corder, ND, RN, CHCP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Stephanie Corder, ND, RN, CHCP, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

None of the nonfaculty planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Accreditation Statements

    For Physicians

  • The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (FPM) has reviewed and approved the content of this educational activity and allocated it 0.50 continuing professional development credits (CPD).

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CPD

What Have We Learned About Innovative Approaches to ASCVD, and What Should We Do?

Authors: Kausik K. Ray, MD, MPhil, FRCP; Christie M. Ballantyne, MD; Alberico L. Catapano, MDHc, PhDFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CPD Released: 10/15/2021

Valid for credit through: 10/15/2022, 11:59 PM EST

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