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MSD pips AZ in first-to-market race
Posted 13 November 2026 AM
MSD is winning the race to bring the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor to market, after its daily pill enlicitide decanoate produced similar results to existing injectables in two Phase 3 trials.
Both MSD and AstraZeneca are developing PCSK9 inhibitor once-daily pills. Sales of the three approved injectable PCSK9 inhibitors - Amgen’s Repatha, Sanofi’s Praluent and Novartis’s Leqvio - are growing but have failed to meet expectations.
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Posted 13 November 2026 AM
MSD is winning the race to bring the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor to market, after its daily pill enlicitide decanoate produced similar results to existing injectables in two Phase 3 trials.
Both MSD and AstraZeneca are developing PCSK9 inhibitor once-daily pills. Sales of the three approved injectable PCSK9 inhibitors - Amgen’s Repatha, Sanofi’s Praluent and Novartis’s Leqvio - are growing but have failed to meet expectations.
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