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This is great news for Merck regarding their new HDL-boosting-LDL-busting drug Anacetrapib. Published about a week ago:
Safety of Anacetrapib in Patients with or at High Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
Quote: "The prespecified Bayesian analysis indicated that this event distribution provided a predictive probability (confidence) of 94% that anacetrapib would not be associated with a 25% increase in cardiovascular events, as seen with torcetrapib."
See also this:
Merck’s Risky Bet on Heart Drugs May Yield Lipitor-Like Success
Interestingly, the company's stock declined by about 5% in November to date.
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Lancet paper critique – Part 3
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Finally, you may think, some figures. In this blog I want to look at some
of the figures on adverse effects seen in a number of statin trials – such
figure...
3 days ago
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