Health Care · Biotechnology
NewAmsterdam Pharma Co. NV is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of oral, non-statin medicine for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease with residual elevation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The company is headquartered in Naarden, Noord-Holland and currently employs 100 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2022-11-23. NewAmsterdam Pharma operates as a clinical-stage company and focuses on the research and development of transformative oral therapies for major cardiometabolic diseases. The firm is investigating obicetrapib, an oral, low-dose and once-daily, cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, as the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering therapy to be used as an adjunct statin therapy for high-risk cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients. The firm is also testing obicetrapib as a fixed-dose combination therapy with ezetimibe in a secondary Phase 2 trial, ROSE2, for other diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. The firm strives to offer its products around the world.