Thursday, January 24, 2013

Merck CEO says jury out on raising good cholesterol

Merck CEO says jury out on raising good cholesterol

The logo of drugs and chemicals group Merck is pictured at one of its branches in central German city of DarmstadtDAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The jury is still out on the benefits of increasing "good" HDL cholesterol, but the strategy remains worth pursuing, despite recent setbacks, the chief executive of Merck & Co said on Thursday. Confidence in the HDL thesis suffered a fresh blow last month when a major clinical trial of Merck's Tredaptive medicine failed. That followed earlier failures with two other HDL-boosting drugs from Pfizer and Roche. ...



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