New trick for old drug; Vascepa cost effective for CV reduction

Icosapent ethyl cost effective in REDUCE-IT analysis
Treatment with the fish-derived drug Vascepa for CV event reduction is more effective and less costly than placebo.

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DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin benefits regardless of age, HF severity
The SGLT2 inhibitor had similar efficacy in the elderly and across the spectrum of baseline symptom status.

Colchicine cut post-MI CVD events
Colchicine fulfilled the promise first seen in CANTOS that anti-inflammatory treatment can reduce cardiovascular disease events.

Cardiac arrests peak with pollution in Japan
The incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Japan increased on days when counts of particulate matter spiked from the day before.

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