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NLA News
The National Lipid Association now has 100 lifetime members, which means $100,000 has been set aside for fellowship training programs in lipidology. The NLA is offering this program only through the end of 2013. How does lifetime membership work? It’s simple: Anyone who has been a member... more
The 2016 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Role of Non-Statin Therapies for LDL-C Lowering in the Management of ASCVD Risk By Carl Orringer, MD, FNLA Following “LDL Think Tank” meeting convened by ACC in October 2015, a meeting attended by... more
December 7, 2017 — The National Lipid Association (NLA) was recently awarded accredited provider status for Joint Accreditation in Inter-professional Continuing Education. Joint Accreditation offers organizations such as the NLA the opportunity to be simultaneously accredited to provide medical,... more
Sanofi and Regeneron announced on Monday, Feb. 11 alirocumab will be made available at a reduced list price to help lower patient out-of-pocket costs and improve access. This follows an earlier announcement in March 2018, when Sanofi and Regeneron committed to lower the U.S. net price for payers... more
An International Masters in Lipidology course debuted in Sydney, Australia in late October 2010. The international faculty included: Dr. Gerald Watts Dr. John Chapman, President of the European Atherosclerosis Society Dr. Richard O'Brien Dr. David Sullivan, Past President of the... more
August President's Message Dr. Joseph Saseen takes a look ahead at what is to come for the NLA, including LipidPALOOZA in September!
Olezarsen met the primary endpoint with a statistically significant reduction in triglyceride levels versus placebo First study to show an absolute reduction in acute pancreatitis in FCS patients, with olezarsen 80 mg monthly dose reducing events by 100 percent... more
In 2014, the Foundation of the National Lipid Association (FNLA), Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA), and Mended Hearts launched Cholesterol Counts, a program designed to accumulate Internet-based information on how much people know about their cholesterol, how much they care about... more
MIAMI, Fla. – (May 17, 2019) -- The National Lipid Association (NLA) today announced the release of an official scientific statement on Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] clinical use at the NLA 2019 Scientific Sessions, May 16 – 19 at the Turnberry Isle Miami in Aventura, Florida. Created by an... more
By Carl E. Orringer, MD, FACC; Pamela Bowe Morris, MD, FACC; Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, FACC Guideline-directed patient care recommendations are based upon studies that make observations on groups of subjects who have specific characteristics and exhibit variable degrees of benefit or harm... more