BMS 201038-04

Description

Lomitapide is an orally active microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) inhibitor for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. The drug was developed by Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. and licensed to Bristol–Myers Squibb Co. and the University of Pennsylvania. Lomitapide effectively lowered LDL–cholesterol, both as a single agent and in combination with commonly prescribed lipid-lowering therapies. Sold under the trade name Juxtapid, the drug offers a new treatment option to patients who cannot tolerate statin therapy or who experience insufficient LDL–cholesterol reduction with the currently available therapies, such as patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia caused by mutations in the LDLR gene.