NHS wasting tens of thousands a year on ‘wonder’ drug for stroke and heart attacks which does not work, experts claim

UK NHS wasting tens of thousands a year on ‘wonder’ drug for stroke and heart attacks which does not work, experts claim A new “hugely expensive” cholesterol drug does not improve overall survival chances for patients with heart disease and should be withdrawn from use, experts have said. A coalition of doctors last night called on patients to be told that evolocumab, which was hailed as a “game changer” and “better than statins”, does nothing to prevent fatal heart attacks and strokes. See http://ift.tt/2pSuyq3