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  3. LEQVIO® (Inclisiran)
  4. Cardiovascular disease burden

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Cardiovascular disease burden

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Leqvio® is indicated in adults with primary hypercholesterolaemia (heterozygous familial and non-familial) or mixed dyslipidaemia, as an adjunct to diet:

  • in combination with a statin or statin with other lipid-lowering therapies in patients unable to reach LDL-C goals with the maximum tolerated dose of a statin, or
  • alone or in combination with other lipid-lowering therapies in patients who are statin-intolerant, or for whom a statin is contraindicated.12

 

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Leqvio® is not reimbursed in Ireland at this time.

 

ASCVD,  atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; CV, cardiovascular, CVD, cardiovascular disease; EAS, European Atherosclerosis Society; ESC, European Society of Cardiology; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LOS, length of stay

References

  1. Central Statistics Office. Vital Statistics Yearly Summary May 2021 https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-vsys/vitalstatisticsy...

  2. WHO. Cardiovascular diseases. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/cardiovascular-diseases-avoiding-heart-attacks-and-strokes.

  3. EHN. European Heart Foundation European Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2017. https://ehnheart.org/cvd-statistics/cvd-statistics-2017

  4. Activities in Acute Public Hospitals in Ireland 2019; HIPE_Report_2019.pdf (drugsandalcohol.ie)

  5. Visseren F, Mach F et al. 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022, 28 5115. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwab154

  6. First Report on the Healthy Ireland Outcomes Framework September, 2022  http://www.gov.ie/en/publication/030396-healthy-ireland-outcomes-framework/

  7. Health in Ireland: Key Trends 2021. https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/350b7-health-in-ireland-key-trends-2021/

  8. Manolis, AS et al. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. Vol 30, issue 8, Nov 2020 Pg 451-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2020.08.002.

  9. Mach F et al. 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk. Eur Heart J 2020;41(1):111–188.

  10. Ference BA. et al. Impact of Lipids on Cardiovascular Health: JACC Health Promotion SeriesJ Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Sep 4;72(10):1141-1156

  11. Offiah, G., O’Connor, C., Kennedy, C. et al. The DA VINCI study: is Ireland achieving ESC/EAS guideline–directed LDL-C goals?. Ir J Med Sci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03050-6

  12. Leqvio Summary of Product Characteristics. Accessed August 2022 at www.ema.europe.eu

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