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Anti-PCSK9 Antibody Demonstrates Favorable Results in PIII Study for Japanese Patients: Sanofi, Regeneron

July 10, 2015
Sanofi S.A. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on July 9 that the novel investigational cholesterol-lowering treatment Praluent (alirocumab), an anti-proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) antibody, met its primary endpoint in the PIII ODYSSEY JAPAN trial. The study enrolled 216 Japanese…

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