For adults with a genetic cholesterol problem who are already on cholesterol meds, taking a pill called enlicitide every day for 6 months might drastically lower a key heart disease risk protein in...

For adults with a genetic cholesterol problem who are already taking cholesterol pills, adding a daily 20 mg pill called enlicitide for 6 months cuts a harmful type of blood fat (lipoprotein(a)) by about a quarter—way more than a dummy pill does.

For adults with a genetic cholesterol problem and already taking statins, adding a pill called enlicitide every day for 6 months slashed bad cholesterol levels by over half, while a fake pill barely changed anything.

For people with a genetic cholesterol problem who are already on cholesterol meds, taking a pill called enlicitide every day for a year keeps their bad cholesterol way down — cutting it by more than half — while those not taking it see their levels go up.

For people with a genetic cholesterol problem who are already on cholesterol pills, taking a new drug called enlicitide every day for 6 months might slash their bad cholesterol way more than just the usual treatment alone.

A drug called AMG 145 can lower a harmful blood protein linked to heart disease by up to 59% in people with high cholesterol who are already taking statins, and it seems to do more than just lower bad cholesterol.