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Health Canada Extends the Approval of Evkeeza® (evinacumab) to Children as Young as 6-months Old with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH)
First and only medicine approved by Health Canada for patients as young as 6-months of age with HoFH, an ultrarare, inherited form of high cholesterolTORONTO, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of novel therapies for rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases, today announced that Health Canada has extended the approval of Evkeeza® (evinacumab) as an adjunct to diet and other low-
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