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Elevated blood cholesterol levels are regarded as a risk factor for heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases. However, this does not necessarily mean that every cholesterol-lowering drug can ...

A new study in the June issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, sheds light on the action of the drug ezetimibe (trade name Zetia), which is used to treat high cholesterol. Ezetimibe is ...

Cardiovascular diseases represent the most common cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 17.9 million deaths occur due to the cardiovascular diseases each ...

Ezetimibe is a drug that selectively inhibits cholesterol absorption and further reduces LDL-C when used in addition to statins. The ENHANCE trial is a randomized study aimed at studying the effect of ...

NewAmsterdam Pharma is a Dutch company with solid LDL-C lowering data. It is running phase 3 trials after successfully completing phase 2 trials. The company's problem is low recognition in the US.