Aegerion's JUXTAPID Capsules Approved in Mexico for Treatment of Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals AEGR today announced that the Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) has approved JUXTAPID as an adjunct treatment to a low-fat diet and other lipid-lowering treatments, including LDL apheresis where available, to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol (TC), apolipoprotein B (apo B) and non-high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL) in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). In the approval of JUXTAPID, COFEPRIS gave JUXTAPID Recognition as an Orphan Drug. See full press release