The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
			FROM
ISSUE 1475
    
   			ISSUE 1475
August 17, 2015
                			
                		 Issue 1475
                		
            		
					Subscribers: Log in to read full issue.  Not a subscriber?  Subscribe or purchase issue.
				
				Alirocumab (Praluent) to Lower LDL-Cholesterol
August 17, 2015 (Issue: 1475)
				The FDA has approved the subcutaneously injected
PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9)
inhibitor alirocumab (Praluent – Sanofi/Regeneron)
as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated
statin therapy for adults with heterozygous...more
        			
        			
					
					
				
        			
				The Medical Letter is a subscriber-funded nonprofit organization that publishes critical appraisals of new prescription drugs and comparative reviews of drugs for common diseases.
				

