NewAmsterdam Is Behind Another Try At CETP Inhibition, With Menarini’s Help

Years after failures by Merck, Lilly, Pfizer and Roche, NewAmsterdam hopes to bring a CETP inhibitor to market to lower cholesterol, and signs on with Menarini to lead commercial efforts in Europe.

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NewAmsterdam hopes to succeed where other firms failed in battling cholsterol

Some of the biggest names in biopharma took their best shot at cholesteryl ethyl transfer protein (CETP) inhibition to reduce LDL cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular disease a decade ago or more, but privately held NewAmsterdam Pharma BV thinks it can get to the finish line with a candidate licensed from Amgen, Inc. On 28 June, the biotech got €142.5m (about $151m) up front from Menarini Group in exchange for EU commercial rights to the Phase III CETP inhibitor obicetrapib.

When Merck & Co., Inc. ended development of its CETP inhibitor, anacetrapib, despite success in a 30,000-plus patient cardiovascular...

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