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Benefits of New Cholesterol Drug Outweighs Risks and Wins Green Light From US Experts

by Julia Samuel on Jun 10 2015 4:06 PM

Benefits of New Cholesterol Drug Outweighs Risks and Wins Green Light From US Experts
A US advisory panel urged regulators to approve a new cholesterol-lowering drug that reduces mortality from cardiovascular disease.
The panel voted 13 to three in favor, saying that makers Regeneron and Sanofi had shown that the benefits of Praluent (alirocumab) lowering bad cholesterol (LDL-C) outweigh its risks.

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


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