PLYMOUTH, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ESPR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing first-in-class, oral, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering therapies for the treatment of patients with hypercholesterolemia, today announced dosing of the first patient in a Phase 2b clinical study of ETC-1002, its lead product candidate, in patients with or without statin intolerance and hypercholesterolemia. The goals of this study, ETC-1002-008, are to compare the LDL-C lowering efficacy of ETC-1002 with ezetimibe and to demonstrate comparable tolerability to ezetimibe, a common therapy for statin intolerance, in the treatment of patients with elevated LDL-C levels. To be considered statin intolerant for ETC-1002-008, a patient must be intolerant to two or more statins, at least one of which was administered at or below the approved starting dose. ETC-1002 is an orally available, once-daily small molecule designed to lower levels of LDL-C and to avoid side effects associated with existing LDL-C lowering therapies.
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