An American advisory panel urged regulators to approve a new cholesterol drug that promises to reduce death from cardiovascular disease.

Elias Zerhouni, Global research and development president, Sanofi said, "We are pleased with the committee’s recommendation to approve Praluent. Our clinical trial program focused on patients with high unmet need in which Praluent delivered significant reductions in LDL-C on top of statins and other lipid-lowering therapies."
The drug, which is injected, works differently from statins. If approved, Praluent would be the first fully human monoclonal antibody targeting the PCSK9 enzyme.
Source-AFP