The clinical value of lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), remains intact despite the recently reported setback in Novartis’ global PIII cardiovascular outcomes trial of pelacarsen, according to the head of the Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS). JAS President Masayuki Yoshida, professor at the…
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