Opinion: STAT+: I’m a cardiologist. I’m not sure the new cholesterol drug enlicitide is a game-changer

“In truth, I don’t anticipate prescribing patterns changing immediately,” cardiologist Vishal Khetpal writes of the new cholesterol drug Lipfendra.
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