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High Cholesterol

4
Pipeline Programs
4
Companies
2
Clinical Trials
1 recruiting
1
Approved Products

Pipeline by Development Stage

Preclinical
Phase 1
Phase 1/2
Phase 2
Phase 2/3
Phase 3
On Market
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1
0
0
0
2
1
Early DiscoveryClinical DevelopmentMarket

On Market (1)

Approved therapies currently available

Merck & Co.
ZETIAApproved
ezetimibe
Merck & Co.
Dietary Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor [EPC]oral2002
7M Part D

Competitive Landscape

4 companies ranked by most advanced pipeline stage

Merck & Co.
Merck & Co.RAHWAY, NJ
1 program
1
EzetimibePHASE_3
MSD
MSDIreland - Ballydine
1 program
1
EzetimibePhase 3
Sharp Therapeutics
Sharp TherapeuticsPA - Pittsburgh
1 program
1
EzetimibePhase 31 trial
Active Trials
NCT00965055Terminated2Est. Sep 2012
Rona Therapeutics
Rona TherapeuticsChina - Shanghai
1 program
1
RN5681Phase 11 trial
Active Trials
NCT07347678Recruiting60Est. Jul 2027

Trial Timeline

Clinical trial activity over time

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Sharp TherapeuticsEzetimibe
Rona TherapeuticsRN5681

Clinical Trials (2)

Total enrollment: 62 patients across 2 trials

Ezetimibe in Patients Hypo-responsive to Statins

Start: Sep 2009Est. completion: Sep 20122 patients
Phase 3Terminated

Phase 1a Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of RN5681 in Healthy Volunteers

Start: Mar 2026Est. completion: Jul 202760 patients
Phase 1Recruiting

Phase Legend

PreclinicalLab & animal studies
Phase 1Safety & dosing
Phase 2Efficacy testing
Phase 3Large-scale trials
On MarketApproved & available

Key Insights

2 late-stage (Phase 3) programs, potential near-term approvals
1 actively recruiting trials targeting 62 patients
4 companies competing in this space

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