Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has just released positive results from their Phase 3 investigation of Evkeeza as a treatment for homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HOFH). Specifically, this trial studied the treatment for…
At the start of April 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Regeneron Pharmaceutical's Praluent (alirocumab), a treatment for patients aged 18+ with a rare genetic condition called…
A press release issued recently by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals heralded the acceptance of a Biologics License Application by the FDA for Priority Review of its investigational drug, evinacumab. The Priority…
This week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced that their Biologics License Application (BLA) for evanicumab, a treatment for homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), was granted Priority Review status by the FDA. The…
The 2019 FH Summit was a productive and moving event that brought patients and researchers together from all over the world. Katherine A. Wilemon, founder and CEO of the FH…
The 2018 FH Global Summit featured fantastic speakers, timely information, and valuable insight about the past, present and future of the way FH is understood, diagnosed, and managed. The summit…
The Patient Advocate Foundation has recently begun to expand the reach of its popular Co-Pay Relief program. The Co-Pay Relief program is designed to provide financial assistance to qualifying patients.…
What do you think of when you hear the word “family?” You may consider your parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. No matter whom you include, we all share one…
We’ve all heard the expression, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” How about another cliché? “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” These trite statements do, in fact,…
I just had my yearly physical and something weird (for me) popped up in the blood tests. My cholesterol level was up. Not through the roof, but enough to raise…
Si usted o su ser querido está viviendo con hipercolesterolemia familiar homocigota (HFH), que va a estar encantados con esta noticia - y se lo merece, también! La Fundación Defensor…
Podemos estar de cara a la temporada de vacaciones, pero no hay Ho! ¡Ho! ¡Ho! en HFHo. La mayoría de la gente ni siquiera se puede decir que, por no…
Let's talk cholesterol—the bad kind, 'cause there're different kinds. LDL cholesterol, or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, is the kind you DON'T want, because it can lead to a whole host of…
Puede que estemos acercando a la temporada de vacaciones, pero no hay Ho! ¡Ho! ¡Ho! en HFHo. La mayoría de la gente ni siquiera se puede pronunciarlo, ni mucho menos…
Niveles altos de colesterol, particularmente colesterol de lipoproteínas de baja densidad (LDL-C) es un problema para muchas personas, pero ninguno más que los que tienen la hipercolesterolemia condición heredada genéticamente…
Si usted ha estado sufriendo de colesterol alto con las puntuaciones tristemente lipoproteínas de baja densidad (LDL), aquí hay algunas noticias de última hora que podría salvar su vida! La…
Two years ago, my phone rang in the middle of the night and our journey with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, or HeFH, began. My immediate thought was I'd won the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes…
Alan Cassels es un investigador de la política de drogas que, en la edición de agosto de la revista Common Ground, escribió acerca de cómo las empresas y los vendedores…
Nadie sabe los peligros del colesterol malo mejor que los pacientes con hipercolesterolemia familiar (HF). De acuerdo con la Fundación FH, hay dos formas de FH. 1) HeFH, y 2)…
Incluso cuando su nivel de colesterol LDL está disparando a través del techo, que todavía puede ser difícil de querer (y elegir!) Lo "saludable" para comer. Pero nosotros hemos hecho…
Doctors in New Delhi, India recently made history by performing a heart bypass surgery on a young boy who has the rare condition called homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, or HoFH. The…
Parado frente a una multitud de gente hablando sobre su HFHo puede ser intimidante. Imagina que esa multitud fuese un panel de doctores y científicos que son parte de la…
Kim Kardashian: one of the most famous women in the world. Why, you ask? I honestly don't know. But due to that fact that so many people know and seem to…
You know what they say—everything’s bigger in Texas. And this year’s FH Global Summit, located in sunny Dallas, will be bigger than ever. Nobel laureates as speakers? √ Intensive discussions among healthcare leaders? √…
Every so often, I hear someone grumpily complain about their high cholesterol and what they're doing to get it under control. The great majority of people will respond to a change…
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