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About the PCSK9 Education and Research Forum

PCSK9 Education and Research Forum is the independent resource on PCSK9 science and its translation into critically important new treatments to lower low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which promise to transform the prognosis of millions of patients with hypercholesterolaemia (cholesterol disorders), accelerated atherosclerotic vascular heart disease and a high risk of premature cardiovascular (CV) death and disability.
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PlayCombination therapy in familial hypercholesterolaemia: what can we gain from novel agents? LDL cholesterol lowering and effects on plaque: what can we learn from INTENSITY-HIGH?
Professor John Chapman

Download Now: New Slide Deck Programme

Previous slide decks focused on landmark studies which used a monoclonal antibody approach to inhibit PCSK9. The next in this series discusses inclisiran, a small interfering RNA therapy, which prevents production of PCSK9 at its primary source in the liver.

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From the Editors

MK-0616 - How near is an oral PCSK9i?

John chapman & Chris PackardProfessors John Chapman and Chris Packard consider the evidence supporting MK-0616 as potentially the first oral PCSK9i to reach the clinic.

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Related reports:

Phase 2b data show benefits of oral MK-0616 in hypercholesterolaemia

MK-0616: Hope for an oral PCSK9 inhibitor?

Meet our Editorial Board

View all our Editorial Board Prof John ChapmanResearch Professor at the Sorbonne University Prof Henry GinsbergIrving Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Dr Michel FarnierClinician based at Point Medical, Dijon, France Prof Frederick RaalDirector, Carbohydrate & Lipid Metabolism Research Unit Prof Anthony WierzbickiConsultant in Metabolic Medicine/Chemical Pathology