Bempedoic Acid - alternative to statins?

[Prem51]

Bempedoic Acid is being trialled as an alternative to statins, with claims that it reduces LDL, without the side effects associated with statins.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/non-statin-drug-able-to-lower-cholesterol#The-bottom-line

 

[bulkbiker]

Making the rather large assumption that lowering cholesterol is a "good" thing..

 

[Guzzler]

There was a piece on this in the Daily Fail Online this morning. Centred entirely on lowering cholesterol and citing mortality rates as well as stroke, heart attack etc though giving no refs to the data.
And, as always, the ubiquitous link to sat fats was mentioned.

Apparently this drug does not have the muscle pain/weakness side effects and can 'safely' be prescribed to patients in adjunct to a statin whose single use is not effective in lowering bad cholesterol [sic] enough.