
NewAmsterdam Pharma and Menarini Group Receive Positive CHMP Opinion Recommending Marketing Authorization for Ubeslo® (Obicetrapib Monotherapy) and Evlarco® (Obicetrapib Plus Ezetimibe Fixed-Dose Combination)
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Published: Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 PM
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NewAmsterdam Pharma and Menarini Group Receive Positive CHMP Opinion Recommending Marketing Authorization for Ubeslo® (Obicetrapib Monotherapy) and Evlarco® (Obicetrapib Plus Ezetimibe Fixed-Dose Combination)
Positive CHMP opinion supports potential commercialization of obicetrapib monotherapy and obicetrapib/ezetimibe fixed-dose combination in Europe
Recommendation based on positive Phase 3 BROADWAY, BROOKLYN, and TANDEM data
European Commission decision expected in 2H26
NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. (Nasdaq: NAMS or “NewAmsterdam” or the “Company”), a late-stage, clinical biopharmaceutical company developing oral, non-statin medicines for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease (“CVD”) with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (“LDL-C”), for whom existing therapies are not sufficiently effective or well-tolerated, along with partner Menarini Group (“Menarini”), today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) of the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) has adopted a positive opinion recommending marketing authorization for Ubeslo ® (obicetrapib 10 mg monotherapy) and Evlarco ® (10 mg obicetrapib plus 10 mg ezetimibe fixed-dose combination (“FDC”)) for patients with primary hypercholesterolemia, both heterozygous familial (“HeFH”) and non-familial or mixed dyslipidemia.
“Today’s positive CHMP opinion is a significant milestone—not just for NewAmsterdam but for a novel therapy, addressing LDL-C and other drivers of residual cardiovascular risk,” said Michael Davidson, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of NewAmsterdam. “With its compelling clinical profile, and the convenience of oral, once daily dosing with or without food, obicetrapib, if approved, has the potential to address a major unmet need for those not reaching LDL-C goals on existing therapies. We are thankful for the continued collaboration with Menarini and look forward to the European Commission’s final decision later this year.”
The positive CHMP recommendation is supported by data from NewAmsterdam's comprehensive clinical development program evaluating obicetrapib, including the Phase 3 BROADWAY, BROOKLYN and TANDEM trials, which demonstrated statistically significant LDL-C reductions up to 40% with obicetrapib monotherapy versus placebo and approximately 50% with obicetrapib combined with ezetimibe versus placebo, with a tolerability profile comparable to placebo.
NewAmsterdam and Menarini continue to advance the clinical development of obicetrapib through multiple ongoing Phase 3 trials, including PREVAIL, a cardiovascular outcomes trial, as well as REMBRANDT and RUBENS.
The CHMP’s positive opinion will now be reviewed by the European Commission (“EC”), which is expected to adopt a final decision on marketing authorization and has authority to grant centralized marketing authorization applicable across all European Union member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“We are very pleased to have reached this important regulatory milestone in Europe and appreciate the continued collaboration with NewAmsterdam,” said Elcin Barker Ergun, Chief Executive Officer of Menarini. “Pending a positive European Commission decision, we look forward to helping bring obicetrapib, an oral pill with a unique mechanism of action, to patients across Europe to help reach their LDL-C targets that they could not reach with existing treatments.”
Under the parties' licensing agreement, Menarini holds exclusive commercialization rights for obicetrapib in Europe and is responsible for regulatory interactions and commercialization activities throughout the region. NewAmsterdam is entitled to tiered double-digit percentage royalties ranging from the low double-digits t...
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