Two new cholesterol drugs were shown to be safe and effective in new research presented at an annual meeting of the American Heart Association on Sunday.

<div class="block">Two new cholesterol drugs were shown to be safe and effective in new research presented at an annual meeting of the American Heart Association on Sunday.</div>

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Promising Results From New Cholesterol Drugs

We see some good news on the horizon for people who are born with a genetic predisposition for high cholesterol. There are two new drugs that were shown to be safe and effective and new research presented at an annual meeting of the American Heart Association. Yesterday, the drugs impact the genes responsible for raising cholesterol. And one of the drug uses a gene editing approach in which a one time treatment should last decades or even a lifetime. Drugs haven't been tested on people yet and they need many years of extra research before the food and drug administration will consider them for approval.