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Newly Defined Term Lipid Specialist Aims to Formalize Medical Specialty, Enhance Public Understanding of Blood Fat Disorders and Optimal Treatment

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sanofi have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administraion (FDA) has approved Praluent®  (alirocumab) to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and unstable angina requiring hospitalization in adults with established cardiovascular (CV) disease.  

WAYLIVRA, the only therapy available for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS), has been authorized as an adjunct to diet in adult patients with genetically confirmed FCS and at high risk for pancreatitis whose response to diet and triglyceride-lowering therapy has been inadequate, according to a May 7 press release issued by Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.