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Clinical Review Report: Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa): (HLS Therapeutics Inc.): Indication: Prevention of cardiovascular events in statin-treated patients [Internet]. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2020 Aug.

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