FDA approves single-dose monthly injector for cholesterol drug

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Amgen's Repatha Pushtronex system.

Repatha is a drug intended to treat patients with high cholesterol. The Pushotronex system offers a new, monthly single-dose administration option for the drug.

The device, created in conjunction with West Pharmaceutical Services in Exton, Pa., attaches to the body, allowing for hands-free administration.

The medicine may also be administered twice a week through the SureClick autoinjector.

Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., expects the Pushtronex system to hit the market in early August.

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