- BLA for treatment in adults with ASCVD, very high or high risk of ASCVD including heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and adult and pediatric patients > 10 yrs with homozygous FH
- FDA has set a PDUFA (Prescription Drug User Fee Act) target action date of December 12, 2025
- FDA is not currently planning to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss the application
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LIB Therapeutics Inc. (LIB), a privately-held, late-stage biopharmaceutical company today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Biologics License Application (BLA) of Lerodalcibep to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) for the treatment of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), or very high or high risk of ASCVD, and primary hyperlipidemia, including heterozygous, and those 10 years or older with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH / HoFH). Lerodalcibep is a novel, adnectin-based, small protein-binding, third-generation PCSK9 inhibitor, with long-ambient stability, developed as a more patient-friendly, once-monthly, self-administered, single small-volume, subcutaneous injection alternative to approved PCSK9 inhibitors. The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of December 12, 2025. The FDA is not currently planning to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss the application.
“There remains a large unmet need among millions of patients with cardiovascular disease, or at high cardiovascular risk, including the 30 million people with inherited high cholesterol, who are unable to achieve currently recommended guideline-directed goals for LDL cholesterol with current oral therapies,” said Dr. Evan Stein, Co-Founder, Chief Operating and Scientific Officer of LIB Therapeutics. “Lerodalcibep has demonstrated robust and sustained long-term LDL cholesterol-lowering, enabling the vast majority of patients to achieve these more stringent lower LDL-cholesterol targets with excellent safety and adherence across clinical trials. We look forward to working with regulators to make Lerodalcibep available to patients around the world.”
“Lerodalcibep is a potential best in class PCSK9 inhibitor with a once-monthly, single small-volume subcutaneous dose, combined with long ambient stability not requiring refrigeration at home or in travel, offering a more patient-friendly treatment option to achieve the new lower LDL-C goals,” said David Cory, Chief Executive Officer of LIB Therapeutics. “The LIB operating team is now focused on Lerodalcibep U.S. commercial launch preparation. Lerodalcibep will enter a now rapidly growing global PCSK9 market on target to reach $5B in 2025 and projected to be $10B by 2030.”
The Lerodalcibep BLA is supported by a development program of 2,900 patients, including five global Phase 3 registration studies known collectively as the LIBerate program. These studies included more than 2,300 patients on maximally tolerated statin and other oral agents, requiring additional additional LDL cholesterol reduction. The Phase 3 LIBerate studies evaluated the safety and efficacy of Lerodalcibep in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), or at very high or high risk for CVD including patients with HeFH and HoFH. Lerodalcibep was dosed once monthly for up to 52 weeks in these key registration-enabling, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, and over 2,400 patients have continued in the 72-week open-label extension trial.
About Lerodalcibep
Lerodalcibep is a novel, small protein-binding, third-generation PCSK9 inhibitor, and has been developed as a more convenient, once-monthly, single small-volume, subcutaneous injection that will not require refrigeration at home or in travel. These features make Lerodalcibep a unique alternative to approved PCSK9 inhibitors. The anti-PCSK9 binding domain of Lerodalcibep is an 11-kDa polypeptide called an adnectin, engineered for high-affinity subnanomolar binding to human PCSK9 and fused to human serum albumin to enhance plasma half-life.
Following the FDA BLA filing, LIB is anticipating a Marketing Authorization Application submission to the European Medicines Agency in Q2 2025.
About LIB Therapeutics Inc.
LIB Therapeutics is a privately-held, late-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing Lerodalcibep to the millions of patients with cardiovascular disease and to the 30 million individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) around the world, who require additional large reductions in low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), despite maximally tolerated statins and other lipid lowering agents, to achieve LDL-C goals.
For more information, please visit: www.libtherapeutics.com.
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