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      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>03/04/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.</issuerName>
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        <filingPersonName>BB Biotech AG ("BB Biotech") on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Biotech Target N.V. ("Biotech Target")</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>BB Biotech: Schwertstrasse 6, CH-8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Biotech Target: Ara Hill Top Building, Unit A-5, Pletterijweg Oost 1, Curacao</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
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Biotech Target: Curacao</citizenship>
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        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>This statement is filed jointly by BB Biotech and Biotech Target. Biotech Target is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BB Biotech.</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <exhibitInfo>Exhibit A: Agreement by and between BB Biotech AG and Biotech Target N.V. with respect to the filing of this disclosure statement.*

*       Previously filed as an exhibit to BB Biotech AG and Biotech Target N.V.'s Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2016.</exhibitInfo>
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        <signature>/s/ Martin Gubler</signature>
        <title>Martin Gubler/Signatory Authority</title>
        <date>03/07/2025</date>
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        <signature>/s/ Ivo Betschart</signature>
        <title>Ivo Betschart/Signatory Authority</title>
        <date>03/07/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>Biotech Target N.V.</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>/s/ Jan Bootsma</signature>
        <title>Jan Bootsma/Signatory Authority</title>
        <date>03/07/2025</date>
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      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Hugo von Neutegem</signature>
        <title>Hugo von Neutegem/Signatory Authority</title>
        <date>03/07/2025</date>
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