Praluent's ODYSSEY Continues As It Reduces Apheresis Need
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Adding Sanofi/ Regeneron's Praluent to existing treatment regimens can reduce or even eliminate the need for expensive and cumbersome apheresis in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), top-line data from the first Phase III study in this setting show.
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