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Experimental Cholesterol Drug Does Not Cut Risk for Cardiovascular Events

 

By the Editors

Evacetrapib, an experimental cholesterol ester transfer protein inhibitor, raises HDL cholesterol and lowers LDL cholesterol — but does not reduce risk for cardiovascular events — according to an industry-funded, phase 3 trial in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Harlan Krumholz, editor-in-chief of NEJM Journal Watch Cardiology, offers his take on the findings at the link below.

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