While soaring sales of the heart failure drug Entresto continue to drive Novartis AG's cardiovascular franchise, the same still cannot be said for its closely-watched cholesterol lowerer Leqvio
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Novartis Cholesterol Drug Sales Still Stuck
The Swiss major’s CFO Harry Kirsch told Scrip that US cardiologists are slowly but surely getting to grips with the 'buy-and-bill' reimbursement model for Leqvio, while EU sales are not going to grow significantly until cardiovascular outcomes data read out in a few years’ time.
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