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lovastatin + berberine

Development stage
Preclinical
Lead developer
Mogon Pharmaceuticals
Modality
Small Molecules
Administration
Oral
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Overview

Red Rise (lovastatin + berberine) is a preclinical-stage oral combination product being developed by Mogon Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss pharmaceutical company specializing in drug delivery systems. The formulation combines monacolin K (also referred to as monacoline or mevacolin, and chemically identical to lovastatin), a statin-class HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor derived from red yeast rice, with berberine, a plant-derived alkaloid with antidiabetic and lipid-modulating properties. The product is designed as an improved or modified oral-release tablet intended for cholesterol lowering (hypercholesterolemia), leveraging a synergistic effect between the HMG-CoA reductase inhibition of the statin component and the metabolic regulatory mechanisms of berberine, which include AMPK activation and PCSK9 downregulation.

Brand names
Red Rise
Other names
monacoline mevacolin + berberinemonacolin K + berberineMonacolineMevacolinBerberine
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Targets

LDLR (Low-density lipoprotein receptor)KIT (c-KIT proto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase)CSF1R (Macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor)ROCK2 (Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 2)PIK3CD (Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta)KCNMA1 (Calcium-activated potassium channel subfamily M alpha member 1)AMPK (Adenosine monophosphate–activated protein kinase)HMGCR (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase)

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