From fish oil to miracle drug: Weekend Edition

[Bloomberg]( [Fish-Oil Heart Medicine Is the Rarest of Drug Breakthroughs]( – Max Nisen When medical breakthroughs are announced, they often affect a surprisingly small number of people. Many new drugs these days are targeting rare diseases or niche patient groups, and their impact is further restricted by price. Monday’s results from Amarin Corp.’s test of purified fish oil Vascepa in people at risk for heart diseases are an exception — and one more likely than any recent drug outcome to affect the average person reading this column. Vascepa was shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke by 25 percent in high-risk patients, much more than analysts hoped for, and without side effects. Add to that its relative cheapness, and it’s a result that could affect millions, change how heart disease is approached, and justify the more than tripling of Amarin’s share price Monday morning. In fact, it may be the rarest success of all: a breakthrough that cost-conscious, health-care gatekeepers don’t hamper, but embrace. Click [here to read the rest](. [Kavanaugh Allegations Give Republicans Only One Choice]( – Jonathan Bernstein [Kavanaugh’s Interview on Fox News Speaks Volumes]( – Bloomberg’s Editors [OPEC, Like a Dying Star, Is About to Go Supernova]( – Julian Lee [Kavanaugh Is Cursed Either Way]( – Francis Wilkinson [Beto O’Rourke, the Reaganesque Anti-Trump]( – Cass Sunstein [Europe Finally Has an Excuse to Challenge the Dollar]( – Leonid Bershidsky [Republicans Should Stick With Kavanaugh]( – Ramesh Ponnuru [China’s U.S. Trade Claims Don’t Add Up]( – David Fickling [Trump’s Raw Misogyny Lit the Kavanaugh Fire]( – Kara Alaimo Saturday New Music You have to see the [video for LCD Soundsystem's "Oh Baby,"]( directed by Rian Johnson ("The Last Jedi") and starring Sissy Spacek and David Strathairn. Saturday Old Music [Outkast’s “Aquemini”]( was released on this day in 1998, which some are saying was [the best rap-album release day ever](. So was [Jay-Z’s “Vol. 2 … Hard Knock Life.”]( (Warning: SO MANY explicit lyrics) This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the ten most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week, based on web readership, with some other stuff thrown in. New subscribers to the newsletter can [sign up here](. [FOLLOW US [Facebook Share]]( [Twitter Share]( SEND TO A FRIEND [Share with a friend] You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022 If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely [unsubscribe](.