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Where are we today?
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A strategic approach to reducing CVD burden
The path forward
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Where are we today?

The current burden of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

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Let’s focus on two major types of CVD

Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD)

Also known as coronary artery disease

Cause of myocardial infarction (heart attacks)

Cerebrovascular Disease (CeVD)

Affects blood vessels of the brain

Cause of stroke

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CVD is the leading cause of death in Turkey1

In 2016, CVD was responsible for 34% of all deaths

Percent of total deaths

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CVD is the leading cause of disability in Turkey1

In 2016, CVD was responsible for nearly 14% of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)

Percent total DALYs lost

(Lost years of healthy life)

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Where are we headed?

The trajectory of CVD burden over the next 20 years

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Without action, the health and economic burden of CVD in Turkey will grow significantly over the next 20 years.2

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What can we do?

The role of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C)

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Dyslipidemia—including high LDL-C—is a major modifiable risk factor.

CVD Risk Factors 3

Modifiable

  • Dyslipidemia
  • Physical Inactivity
  • Tobacco Use
  • Diet
  • Hypertension
  • Obesity

Non-modifiable

  • Family History
  • Diabetes
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Socioeconomic Status

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Reducing LDL-C reduces the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death regardless of LDL level at baseline.4

CV events include: heart attack, coronary revascularization (bypass procedure), ischemic stroke

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Two groups of people are at the greatest risk of CVD events due to elevated LDL-C

Secondary Prevention (SP)

People with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) who have already experienced a CVD event5, 6, 7

Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH)

Genetic predisposition to very high LDL-C levels8

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These high-risk patients often have uncontrolled LDL-C despite treatment with standard of care, and represent a strategic target to reduce CVD burden.

  1. SP
  2. HeFH
  1. 2.3 million people, or 4.4% of the 20+ year old Turkish population, are Secondary Prevention (SP).
    Of the treated SP population in Turkey, 1,500,000 of them (63%) are not at treatment goal and represent a strategic target population.9
  2. 264,000 people, or 0.5% of the 20+ year old Turkish population, are Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).
    Of the treated HeFH population in Turkey, 206,000 of them (78%) are not at treatment goal and represent a strategic target population.9
Even though the populations are relatively small, these high-risk groups could benefit the most from lowering LDL-C.

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What can Repatha® do?

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Repatha® can lower LDL-C in these high risk patients:

Repatha® with optimized statins is shown across multiple studies in 30,000+ patients to reduce LDL-C in high-risk patients whose cholesterol is uncontrolled despite standard treatments.10, 11, 12, 13

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Repatha® plus statins significantly reduced the risk of CVD events compared to statins alone.13

  1. All Major CV Events
  2. CV Death, Heart Attack, or Stroke

Repatha® benefit continued to accrue for the duration of the study.

Repatha® prevented 1 in 5 CV deaths, heart attack, or stroke.

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Landmark analysis showed Repatha® risk reduction grows beyond one year.13

Longer duration of treatment and follow-up suggests larger risk reduction.

  1. Year 1
  2. After year 1
Risk reduction in CV death, heart attack and stroke (secondary endpoint) grew from 16% in the first year to 25% beyond one year

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Lowering LDL-C in all high risk patients to target levels could reduce CVD events over the next 20 years in Turkey.9

  1. SP
  2. HeFH

Total CVD Events

Up to 1 million CVD events averted by 2035

Total CVD Events

Up to 84,000 CVD events averted by 2035

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Lowering LDL-C in all high-risk patients to target levels could reduce CVD costs over the next 20 years in Turkey.

  1. SP
  2. HeFH

Total Costs (USD)

Cumulative cost-savings of up to $8 billion by 2035

Total Costs (USD)

Cumulative cost-savings of up to $700 million by 2035

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A strategic approach to reducing CVD burden

The significant impact of targeting high-risk patients

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The World Health Organization (WHO) seeks to reduce the burden of CVD through five modifiable risk factors.14

WHO 25×25 goals

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Reducing all CVD risk factors is important, but we could make a significant impact by targeting high-risk patients who are not at LDL-C treatment goal.

  1. SP
  2. HeFH

SP population not at goal is 0.61% of the total population.9

HeFH population not at goal is 0.004% of the total population.9

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By lowering LDL-C in high-risk patients, we could make a significant impact on both health outcomes and costs.15

The WHO 25×25 goals are an important way to reduce the burden of CVD. Lowering LDL-C to target levels in high risk patients could help further reduce CVD events and associated costs over the next 20 years.

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The path forward

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CVD is a leading cause of death and disability

and its impact will continue to grow tremendously if we do nothing.

LDL-C is a major modifiable risk factor of CVD

and Repatha® is shown to reduce LDL-C and the risk of major CV events.

Using Repatha® to target high risk patients who are not at LDL-C treatment goal

can make a significant impact on reducing CVD burden.

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  1. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2016. (Accessed Sept 29, 2017)
  2. The Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Turkey; A Status Quo Forecast. The Conference Board of Canada, Sept 2016.
  3. Risk Factors. World Heart Federation.
  4. Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaboration. Lancet. 2010;376:1670-1681.
  5. Mohan et al., 2011.
  6. Bhatt et al., 2010.
  7. Smolina et al., 2012.
  8. Villa et al., submitted.
  9. The Health and Economic Impact of Reducing LDL Cholesterol in High Risk Populations in Turkey. The Conference Board of Canada, June 2017.
  10. Robinson et al., 2014
  11. Raal et al., 2015
  12. Nissen SE and Nicholls SJ. Results of GLAGOV Trial – AHA 2016
  13. Sabatine et al., 2017
  14. WHO Global Monitoring Framework.
  15. The Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Turkey. The Conference Board of Canada, June 2017.

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