Hope After Failure of New Cholesterol Drug
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Drugs to raise so-called good cholesterol may still have a future despite the widely publicized failure last year of an experimental cholesterol treatment from Pfizer, researchers said.
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This lung cancer drug is not as effective as once hoped.
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Baycol is a cholesterol-lowing drug taken off the market three years ago, but a new study suggests that may have been too little, too late.
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Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
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Merck & Co.MRK.N said on Friday it   has delayed filing for a high-profile combination pill designed   to lower "bad" cholesterol and increase "good" cholesterol,   while heading off a common side effect of one of the   ingredients.
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An experimental cholesterol treatment touted by drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. significantly reduced artery-clogging fats in late-stage testing, but it got a mixed reception from Wall Street analysts Tuesday.
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New research indicates that few high-risk women are achieving the optimal cholesterol levels set forth in recent guidelines by the American Heart Association (AHA). Moreover, only about one third of eligible women are receiving cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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Heart attack prevention has just taken another step with the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s go-ahead for one of the nation&#39;s best-selling cholesterol
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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Millions of Americans take medications to lower their cholesterol, but one such medication was taken off the market a few years ago after it led to a muscle disorder in those taking it.
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NEW YORK  - For people with low levels of  "good" (HDL) cholesterol and coronary disease, treatment aimed  at increasing HDL levels is worthwhile, researchers report.
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Pfizer Inc.'s new experimental heart drug is dead, but the dual approach the company was testing &#151; boosting good cholesterol while lowering the bad &#151; is very much alive, specialists said Monday.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- A high-dose regimen of Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s cholesterol drug Zocor offered no conclusive benefits over a low-cholesterol diet and a lower dose of zocor in preventing a recurrence of cardiac events in patients who&#39;d already had heart
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a statin drug after a person is hospitalized with a heart attack can reduce long-term mortality and prevent further heart events, Japanese researchers report.
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A drug combination that produced such positive results in clinical trials that they were stopped before their scheduled completion date reduces death from coronary heart disease by up to 43 percent, a new study reports.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 2 -- Pfizer Inc. announced Saturday that it has cut off all clinical trials and development work for a cholesterol drug that was supposed to be a star product because of an unexpected number of deaths and cardiovascular problems among patients who used it.
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NEW YORK  - For people with coronary artery disease, treatment with high doses of Lipitor (generic name, atorvastatin) may reduce their odds of having to be hospitalized for heart failure, according to a new report. However, this benefit is largely confined to individuals with a history of heart failure.