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The National Lipid Association (NLA) has released a comprehensive clinical review titled “Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome: An Expert Clinical Review from the National Lipid Association.” This new guidance provides an in-depth examination of the diagnosis, management, and treatment landscape for familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) — a rare and severe genetic disorder characterized by extremely high triglyceride levels (≥ 1,000 mg/dL) and an elevated risk of life-threatening recurrent acute pancreatitis.

The National Lipid Association (NLA), in collaboration with the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC), has released a Joint Expert Clinical Consensus providing new guidance on the recognition and management of persistent chylomicronemia — a severe and often misunderstood form of hypertriglyceridemia. The full paper is now published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology and available here.

Novartis received FDA approval for a label update that will allow for use of Leqvio ^® (inclisiran) in certain patients at high risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. This broader population allows for earlier Leqvio treatment in patients with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and CV risk factors, such as diabetes and hypertension, who are at increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), beyond the previously approved ASCVD and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) patient population.