RARE's Cholesterol Drug Evkeeza Gains EC Approval for Expanded Use

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE) announced that the European Commission (EC) has expanded the eligible patient population for one of its marketed products, Evkeeza (evinacumab), an ANGPTL3 inhibitor. Per the latest approval, Evkeeza is now indicated as an adjunct to diet and other lipid-lowering therapies to treat children aged six months and older with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). The EC’s approval makes Evkeeza the first HoFH medicine indicated for this pediatric population in the EU.H ...