Exhibit 99.1
NewAmsterdam Pharma Presents Full Data from Phase 2 ROSE2 Trial Evaluating Obicetrapib in Combination with Ezetimibe as an Adjunct to High-Intensity Statin Therapy at NLA Scientific Sessions 2023
— Met Primary Endpoint with 63.4% Median Reduction in LDL-C (p<0.0001) —
— 87.1% of Patients Treated with Combination of Obicetrapib and Ezetimibe Met Guideline-Recommended LDL-C Goal of <55 mg/dL compared to 0% of Patients Treated with Placebo (p<0.05) –
— New Data Demonstrate Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Additional Lipid and Lipoprotein Parameters Predictive of Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Such as LDL Particles and Lipoprotein(a) —
— Favorable Safety and Tolerability Observed —
— Selected Fixed-Dose Combination Tablet Formula; Phase 3 Trial Expected to Initiate 1Q 2024 —
— Management to Host Conference Call at 8:00 a.m. ET on Monday, June 5, 2023 —
NAARDEN, the Netherlands and MIAMI, June 3, 2023. NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. (Nasdaq: NAMS or “NewAmsterdam” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing oral, non-statin medicines for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease (“CVD”) with residual elevation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (“LDL-C” or “LDL”), for whom existing therapies are not sufficiently effective or well-tolerated, today announced the full results of ROSE2, a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating obicetrapib, the Company’s oral, low-dose and once-daily cholesteryl ester transfer protein (“CETP”) inhibitor, in combination with ezetimibe as an adjunct to high-intensity statin therapy. The data are being presented in an oral late-breaker presentation today at the National Lipid Association (“NLA”) Scientific Sessions 2023 and will be published concurrently in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.
ROSE2 met its primary and secondary endpoints, with statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in LDL-C and apolipoprotein B (“ApoB”) observed. Statistically significant improvements in lipoprotein(a) (“Lp(a)”), non-HDL cholesterol (“non-HDL-C”) and total and small LDL particles were also observed. In addition, the combination of obicetrapib and ezetimibe was observed to be well-tolerated, with a safety profile observed to be comparable to placebo. With these data in hand, the Company has selected a formulation for a fixed-dose combination tablet and intends to advance the compound into a Phase 3 trial in the first quarter of 2024.
“The 2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway has recommended that very high risk patients with LDL-C above 55mg/dl need additional therapy to maximize proven risk reduction. With these new recommendations, many more patients will fail to achieve guideline-mandated LDL-C goals, demonstrating the limitations of existing therapeutics and the critical need for new options,” said Christie M. Ballantyne, M.D., Chief of Cardiovascular Research and Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and principal investigator on the clinical trial. “The data presented today are highly encouraging, showing that the combination of obicetrapib and ezetimibe delivers robust impacts on multiple atherogenic lipid parameters. I believe the observed reductions in LDL-C, ApoB, Lp(a) and total and small LDL particles are potentially predictive of profound reductions in the risk of cardiovascular events and look forward to further characterizing the combination obicetrapib and ezetimibe regimen in a Phase 3 trial.”
“The ROSE2 data build on our prior clinical experience, supporting the potential for obicetrapib to become a new standard-of-care combined safely with existing options to deliver improved outcomes to the millions of very high-risk patients in need. We are particularly encouraged by the new goal attainment data announced today, through which we observed that 87 percent of patients treated with the combination regimen of obicetrapib and ezetimibe met the most aggressive guideline-mandated LDL-C target of <55 mg/dL,” said Michael Davidson, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of NewAmsterdam, “We have selected a fixed-dose combination tablet formula and look forward