Aegerion Announces First Quarter 2016 Financial Results
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 16, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for patients with debilitating rare diseases, announced its financial results and business update for the first quarter of 2016.
Overview
- Aegerion recorded total net product sales of $35.7 million in the first quarter of 2016.
- Aegerion recorded $26.2 million in net product sales of JUXTAPID® (lomitapide) capsules in the first quarter of 2016, $23.6 million, or 90%, of which was from prescriptions written in the United States (U.S.). As of March 31, 2016, there were 498 active commercial patients on JUXTAPID therapy globally, approximately 373 of whom are U.S. patients.
Overview
- Aegerion recorded total net product sales of $35.7 million in the first quarter of 2016.
- Aegerion recorded $26.2 million in net product sales of JUXTAPID® (lomitapide) capsules in the first quarter of 2016, $23.6 million, or 90%, of which was from prescriptions written in the United States (U.S.). As of March 31, 2016, there were 498 active commercial patients on JUXTAPID therapy globally, approximately 373 of whom are U.S. patients.