07:00 Wed 23 Sep 2020
Amryt Pharma PLC - AMRYT SUPPORTS GLOBAL FH AWARENESS DAY

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AMRYT PHARMA PLC
("Amryt" or the "Company")
AMRYT SUPPORTS GLOBAL FH AWARENESS DAY -
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About FH and HoFH
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia ("FH") is an inherited genetic condition that leads to levels of cholesterol that are much higher than that of the general population.[i] FH is the most common genetic condition leading to early heart disease.[ii] Millions of people around the world do not know that they and their families are at severe risk for early heart disease, heart attacks, and even death. Nine out of ten people born today with familial hypercholesterolemia are undiagnosed. Yet, with early diagnosis and treatment, individuals diagnosed with FH can reduce their risk for heart disease by 80%.[iii]
Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia ("HoFH") is a rare and severe form of FH, causing excessive levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ("LDL-C") or 'bad cholesterol' to accumulate in the body from conception. People with HoFH are at a continued risk of progressive atherosclerotic disease and life-threatening cardiac events, for example, heart attack, stroke, major cardiac surgery and premature cardiac death. Untreated, most patients with markedly elevated LDL-C levels develop overt cardiovascular disease before the age of 20 years, and generally do not survive past 30 years.[iv]
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About Amryt
Amryt is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and delivering innovative new treatments to help improve the lives of patients with rare and orphan diseases. Amryt comprises a strong and growing portfolio of commercial and development assets.
Amryt's commercial business comprises two orphan disease products.
Juxtapid®/ Lojuxta® (lomitapide) is approved as an adjunct to a low-fat diet and other lipid-lowering medicinal products for adults with the rare cholesterol disorder, Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia ("HoFH") in the US,
Myalept® / Myalepta® (metreleptin) is approved in the US (under the trade name Myalept®) as an adjunct to diet as replacement therapy to treat the complications of leptin deficiency in patients with congenital or acquired generalized lipodystrophy (GL) and in the EU (under the trade name Myalepta®) for the treatment of leptin deficiency in patients with congenital or acquired GL in adults and children two years of age and above and familial or acquired partial lipodystrophy (PL) in adults and children 12 years of age and above for whom standard treatments have failed to achieve adequate metabolic control. Metreleptin is also approved for lipodystrophy in
Amryt's lead development candidate, FILSUVEZ® is a potential treatment for the cutaneous manifestations of EB, a rare and distressing genetic skin disorder affecting young children and adults for which there is currently no approved treatment. In
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[iv] Cuchel M, et al.
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