NewAmsterdam Pharma's bold play to resurrect an all-but defunct cholesterol-lowering drug class has been rewarded with a positive phase 2 trial of its oral CETP inhibitor obicetrapib.
AstraZeneca has taken the decision not to move a PCSK9-targeting antisense drug licensed from Ionis into a phase 3 programme, removing a competitor to Novartis' rival therapy Leqvio.
