August 01, 2015 – On July 24, 2015, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Alirocumab (Praluent) injection, the first cholesterol-lowering treatment approved in a new class of drugs known as proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors. …

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 May 22, 2015 – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended authorising Evolocumab (Repatha) as treatment to lower high levels of cholesterol in the blood of people who are unable to control their cholesterol despite taking optimal doses of statins …

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