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Bempedoic acid and bempedoic acid combined with ezetimibe are once-daily tablets in development to treat primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia in high risk and very high risk patients. These are patients who cannot reach the target LDL-C goals despite being treated with the maximum tolerated doses of other LDL-C lowering treatment such as statins. Bempedoic acid and ezetimibe both act in different but complementary ways to lower LDL-C. These therapies may offer additional and effective treatment options to use in combination with dietary changes and other lipid-modifying therapies to treat primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia.

Ticagrelor is an oral blood thinning medicine used together with aspirin to prevent problems caused by blood clots and hardening of the arteries that leads to heart attacks or strokes. Ticagrelor is in a class of medications called antiplatelet medications that help prevent blood clots from forming. It is used in adults with acute coronary syndrome, a group of conditions in which blood flow in the vessels supplying the heart is blocked so heart tissue cannot work properly or dies, and which includes heart attack and chest pain. If licensed, ticagrelor will offer an additional antiplatelet therapy for the prevention of CAD in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Tafamidis is an oral (taken by mouth) drug that has the potential to slow the formation of the amyloid deposits that can produce heart problems in people with ATTR‐CM. Tafamidis works by specifically interfering with the disease process that leads to the formation and deposition of the amyloids within the heart tissues. If approved, tafamidis will become the first medicinal treatment option specifically indicated for treating ATTR‐CM, in patients that currently have very limited options available and that mostly focus on symptom management.

Rivaroxaban is an oral medicine which prevents the development of blood clots by blocking the formation of a molecule called thrombin which is a key part of the process of blood clot formation. Rivaroxaban has the potential to reduce thrombin and blood clot formation in people with heart failure and coronary artery disease. This is potentially important as patients with heart failure after an episode of acute decompensation have been seen to have increased levels of thrombin. No other drug is currently licenced for use in this group of patients which targets thrombin.

Rivaroxaban and aspirin are drugs that reduce blood clots in blood vessels and are currently being given to some patients with CAD and PAD. The combination of rivaroxaban with aspirin is being developed as a more effective treatment.