There was little question the US FDA would approve Aegerion Pharmaceuticals' Juxtapid (lomitapide), a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor intended to treat patients with homozygous familial hyperchodlesterolemia (HoFH) – with that OK coming about a week ahead of its 29 December Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date.
But some analysts had raised concerns the FDA would try to limit the definition of HoFH, a rare genetic lipid...





