Amgen announces approval of cholesterol-lowering medication Repatha (evolocumab) Injection in Japan


Amgen today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved the cholesterol-lowering medication Repatha Injection, the first proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor to be approved in Japan. Repatha is a human monoclonal antibody that inhibits PCSK9, a protein that reduces the liver's ability to remove low-density lipoprotein cholesterol , or "bad" cholesterol, from the blood.



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