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How Did a Heart Drug With So Much Promise Fall So Flat?

11 September 2026 at 12:31
Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.

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An illustration of a lipoprotein A particle. Scientists are asking themselves: If Lp(a) is a marker, what is it marking? Is there another cause of heart disease that no one has thought of?
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