To meet predefined lowdensity lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) target levels, atorvastatin dosages were increased to 20mg or 40mg once daily after 8 and 16 weeks, respectively. Results: After 52 ...

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AstraZeneca is to sell European rights to its cholesterol drug Crestor (rosuvastatin) to Germany’s Grunenthal. Crestor is a statin and at its peak generated annual revenues of more than $7 ...

Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment.

Odds ratio was 2.59 (without statins: 0.62; with statins: 1.48; p = 0.002). Patients treated with atorvastatin and simvastatin were compared (the number of patients taking other statins was too ...

Licensed from Novartis, MAR001 is a potential first-in-class antibody. While commonly used statins are effective at lowering LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, MAR001 targets ANGPTL4, a protein highly ...

Unfortunately, a statistical model has not yet been developed that incorporates the uncertainty of the net benefit of the drug, such as the CI of the HR, into a postponement model. Consequently, there ...