Hypercholesterolemia
Aegerion's lead compound reduces LDL by 51% in severe form of hypercholesterolemia
Published in Health Business Week, February 9th, 2007
"The results of this study suggest that microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) inhibition with AEGR-733 is a highly effective and potentially promising agent to treat these high-risk, hard-to-treat patients, for whom there are few effective treatment options. It may also have applicability in a much broader population of patients - those who are not sufficiently clinically responsive to standard therapy or are intolerant of statins," said Daniel J....
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Source: Health Business Week (2007-02-09)
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