Amarin Applauds HealthyWomen’s Citizen’s Petition Urging FDA To Take Further Action On Fenofibrate Prescribing in Patients at Risk of Cardiovascular Event
DUBLIN, Ireland and BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN) today announced its support for a petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting that the Commissioner focus on and take further action to address significant off-label prescribing of fenofibrates, due to the fact that multiple clinical trials have proven fenofibrates have no clinical benefit when used in combination with statins to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The filing comes as heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in five deaths in 2021.1,2 Approximately 805,000 people in the United States have a heart attack each year, which amounts to one person every 40 seconds.1 The annual treatment cost for CVD is $555 billion, which is expected to double within 20 years.3