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Amgen Building On Repatha Experience As It Grows In Cardiovascular, Obesity

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• By Mandy Jackson

Repatha was not an overnight success, but the work Amgen has done to turn its PCSK9 inhibitor into a blockbuster is informing its strategy for Lp(a)-reducing olpasiran and obesity drug MariTide.

Amgen has invested millions in physician and patient education already in support of Repatha (Shutterstock)

Amgen is no stranger to the heavy lifting required to get a new treatment for cardiovascular diseases off the ground, since its LDL cholesterol-lowering PCSK9 inhibitor Repatha (evolocumab) was not an immediate blockbuster. But now that the drug is annualizing at more than $2bn in sales, the company will use the commercialization muscles it developed for Repatha to build its strategies for Lipoprotein(a)-reducing olpasiran and obesity candidate maridebart cafraglutide (MariTide, formerly AMG 133).

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