By Melanie Senior
On one level, it’s surprising that any company would want to pursue new treatments for cholesterol lowering and atherosclerosis. The...
After Statins, What Next?
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As statins go generic, a host of companies are hunting out new treatments for cholesterol control. They're not put off by recent setbacks, given the huge remaining unmet need and commercial opportunity. Many new companies are still trying to lower LDL and/or raise HDL, but anti-inflammatory approaches are increasingly popular too, as scientists better understand the nature and process of plaque formation.
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