Regeneron announces U.S. FDA approved Evkeeza ANGPTL3 antibody

Regeneron (REGN) Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has approved Evkeeza ANGPTL3 antibody as an adjunct to diet and exercise and other lipid-lowering therapies for the treatment of children from age 1 to less than 5 years old with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, HoFH. Evkeeza was initially approved in 2021 for adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with HoFH based on a placebo-controlled trial showing Evkeeza, when added to standard lipid-lowering therapies, could lower LDL-C by about 50% compared to placebo in this high unmet need population. It was then approved for children aged 5 to 11 in 2023. All Evkeeza FDA submissions were evaluated under Priority Review, which is reserved for medicines that represent potentially significant improvements in efficacy or safety in treating serious conditions.