Dashing Hopes, Study Shows a Cholesterol Drug Had No Effect on Heart Health

Experts were stunned by a study of 12,000 patients that showed the drug, evacetrapib, had no effect in preventing heart attacks, strokes or death from heart disease.

Source: NYT Health - April 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart Eli Lilly and Company LLY NYSE Cholesterol Amgen Inc AMGN NASDAQ Preventive Medicine Stroke Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) Source Type: news