Sanofi announced on the 1st that a 300 mg dose form of its PCSK9 inhibitor Praluent (alirocumab) will be launched in April with health insurance reimbursement in Korea.

According to this announcement, Praluent 300 mg may now be reimbursed when used in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia who have been administered a combination of statins and ezetimibe but have not responded sufficiently (LDL-C levels have not decreased by 50% or more from the baseline or LDL-C ≥ 100 mg/dL) and in cases of statin intolerance.

In addition, if a patient with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease has received a combination of the maximum tolerated dose of a statin and ezetimib