European Advisory Group Backs Esperion's Cholesterol Drugs
The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) advisory group has voted in favor of approving two new cholesterol-lowering medicines developed by biopharmaceutical company Esperion Therepeutics (NASDAQ: ESPR). Following the positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), formal approval of bempedoic acid by the EMA is anticipated in April.
Bempedoic acid reduces the production of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the body by targeting ATP citrate lyase (ACL), an enzyme that plays an important role in fatty acid biosynthesis.
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