RA: Dr Edelberg, could you please tell us more about the rare genetic mutation that leads to low cholesterol and how we came to our current understanding of this mutation? JE: Human genetic ...
Millions of people take statins like Simvastatin (above) to lower their cholesterol levels. Newer PCSK9 inhibitor drugs can drop levels even further. Someone in the United States dies from heart ...
Statins are the most widely prescribed, cholesterol-lowering drugs in the world. Despite the expiration of their patents, revenue for statins is expected to rise, with total sales on track to reach an ...
Yet in 2009, pediatricians wrote children in the U.S. at least 2.8 million prescriptions for drugs to lower cholesterol; nearly 2.3 million of them were for statins. (not including prescriptions ...
Eli Lilly LLY announced that its investigational oral, once-daily cholesterol-lowering drug muvalaplin reduced ... 7 elite stocks from the current list of 220 Zacks Rank #1 Strong Buys.
This changed when new draft guidelines for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) suggested broader use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, recommending that they be prescribed even to individuals with ...