Lerodalcibep
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Lerodalcibep is a protein: marketed, first approved in 2025 (US); acts on PCSK9; US protection ends in 2037.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Marketed; latest approval 2025
- Kind
- Protein
- Brand name
- Lerochol
- First approved
- 12 December 2025 (US)
- Approvals on record
- 2 in 1 region
- Holder of the most recent approval
- LIB Therapeutics
- Registered trials
- 13, 0 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Nutrition and metabolism; Heart and blood vessels; Inherited and neonatal
US protection
US protection ends in 2037.
US protection ends in 2037, computed as 12 years from the first US licence because FDA publishes no date for this product. The application that gives this date is held by LIB Therapeutics. The date is computed, not published.
This is the US only, and it is not the date generics or biosimilars can enter.
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Companies that need a new molecule because of this drug
1 company on route B because of this drug.
Companies on route B for this drug
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Target
| Gene | Protein | UniProt |
|---|---|---|
| PCSK9 | Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 | Q8NBP7 |
Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phase 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phase 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| All trials | 13 |
Who has held its approvals
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| LIB Therapeutics | Originator and Lead sponsor of trials | 2018 to now |