Amgen Inc.'s plan to run a new cardiovascular outcomes study of its PCSK9 inhibitor Repatha (evolocumab) in high-risk patients who haven't had a cardiovascular event yet has the potential to greatly broaden the target population for the drug.
The VESALIUS-CV trial will be done in collaboration with the Brigham and Women's Hospital Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Study...