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Generic Name: alirocumab
Trade Name: Praluent
Date Designated: 06/15/2017
Orphan Designation: Treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Orphan Designation Status: Designated/Approved
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, New York 10591
United States

The sponsor address listed is the last reported by the sponsor to OOPD.

Marketing approved:

1 Generic Name: alirocumab
Trade Name: Praluent
Marketing Approval Date: 04/01/2021
Approved Labeled Indication: as an adjunct to other LDL-C-lowering therapies in adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) to reduce LDL-C
Exclusivity End Date: 04/01/2028 
Exclusivity Protected Indication* :  as an adjunct to other LDL-C-lowering therapies in adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) to reduce LDL-C
*Exclusivity Protected Indications are shown for approvals from 01/01/2013 to the present.
*Data for the Date Designation Withdrawn or Revoked field are shown for designations withdrawn or revoked after 08/12/2013.
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