Experts analysed 14 previous studies involving more than 100,000 patients at very high risk of a heart attack or stroke, or ...

AstraZeneca said Monday its experimental pill lowered "bad" LDL cholesterol by 51%. The results showed promise again rival drugs from Merck and NewAmsterdam Pharma, but AstraZeneca stock fell in line ...

It is reasonable to conclude that past the age of 70 years, statin drug utilization for the reduction of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity risk should be confined to patient populations that ...

After more than 25 years in clinical use, statins have transformed the field of lipid management and cardiovascular risk reduction. Due to their proven efficacy and safety, they have become first ...

Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs -- but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says. Combining statins with another ...

It shows that when ezetimibe was combined with a high dose statin to reduce levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), there was a significant 19% reduction in the risk of death from ...

Results from the PURSUIT Phase IIb trial for AstraZeneca’s (AZN) AZD0780 demonstrated a statistically significant low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction when administered on top of ...

The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of 'bad' cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries shows that they should immediately be given a combination of a statin and ...

Thousands of lives could be saved by combining statins with another cholesterol-lowering drug, according to new research. The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of "bad ...

To determine whether the magnitude of LDL-cholesterol-level reduction is associated with rhabdomyolysis, cancer or elevated levels of liver enzymes, a group of researchers from Boston, MA ...

London, UK: The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries shows that they should immediately be given a combination of a ...