Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[Whalatane]

JL there are several reasons why generic Vascepa is preferable to generic Lovaza for the Marine indication

1) no risk of elevating LDL cholesterol . As you know statins are often prescribed to combat the rise in LDL for those prescribed Lovaza for very high TG's . So Vascepa may not reduce the TG's as much as Lovaza ...but at least patients don't need to add a statin to better control their LDL ...assuming they are not already on one.

2) Fishy taste / burping of Lovaza .....some patients definitely don't like that and it's not a problem with Vascepa.

So the question for an MD ( retired ) like yourself. If you had a patient with very high TG's and who refused to add a statin to control the LDL increase associated with Lovaza ...which generic would you advocate for ?

On another topic
I've read Judge Du's decision on obviousness ...thx Montana ....and really hope there's some way that the judges can at least consider Caufman, Bhatt et al explanation of the statistical mistake that she has bought into.

Kiwi