Aegerion Receives Positive European CHMP Opinion for LOJUXTA for Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel, life-altering therapies for patients with debilitating, often fatal, rare diseases, announced today that the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion with a unanimous vote recommending a marketing authorization for LOJUXTA™ (lomitapide) hard capsules. If approved, LOJUXTA will be indicated as an adjunct to a low-fat diet and other lipid-lowering medicinal products with or without low density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis in adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). The European Commission (EC) needs to ratify the positive opinion from CHMP to grant marketing authorization for LOJUXTA in all 27 European Union member countries. A decision is expected from the European Commission in the third quarter of 2013.  "The positive CHMP opinion for LOJUXTA marks a significant milestone for patients in the EU with HoFH who currently have limited treatment options available that can bring their LDL-C levels to goal," said Marc D. Beer, Chief Executive Officer of Aegerion. "We will continue to prepare for commercial launch in the EU on a country-by-country basis, and look forward to delivering this important new medicine to