The European Medicines Agency's approval of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors.

Autor: Blind, Eberhard, Graeff, Pieter A de, Meurs, Illiana, Holtkamp, Frank, Baczynska, Ania, Janssen, Heidi
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Zdroj: European Heart Journal; 5/7/2021, Vol. 42 Issue 18, pe2-e3, 2p
Abstrakt: The article informs that the European Medicines Agency has approved the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors. It mentions that alirocumab and evolocumab are human monoclonal antibodies, that bind selectively to PCSK9, a protein that regulates the recycling of LDL receptors on the surface of liver cells.
Databáze: Complementary Index