Statins May Not Lower Risk for PostMI Pneumonia After All
The previously reported link between statin use and reduced pneumonia risk may result from healthyuser bias rather than an actual protective effect a new report has suggested. Medscape Medical News
View ArticleEsperion nets $165.4mm via FOPO
Esperion Therapeutics Inc. developing therapies that lower LDLcholesterol levels netted $165.4mm through the followon sale of 1.75mm common shares at $100 each. Funds will be used to finish developing...
View ArticleBernstein Liebhard Lawyers React to Case Documents Released in Federal...
Court records updated on March 16 2015 reflect the filing of nearly 2100 Lipitor lawsuits in the U.S. District Court District of South Carolina where Bernstein Liebhard LLP is representing clients.New...
View ArticleDiscontinuing statins for patients with life limiting illness
Discontinuing statin use in patients with latestage cancer and other terminal illnesses may help improve patients' quality of life without causing other adverse health effects according to a new study...
View ArticleGenetics Help Predict Heart Disease Risk Statin Benefits
Genetics Help Predict Heart Disease Risk Statin BenefitsResearchers found that a set of genetic variants could identify people at risk for coronary heart disease and who would benefit most from statin...
View ArticleEsperion Therapeutics Announces Closing of FollowOn Public Offering and...
ANN ARBOR MIMarketwired March 24 2015 Esperion Therapeutics Inc. NASDAQ ESPR an emerging pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing firstinclass oral lowdensity lipoprotein...
View ArticleAlirocumab Effective Against LDLC Top of MaxDose Statin
Statins increase plasma concentrations of PCSK9 the target of alirocumab but an analysis suggests highdose statin therapy won't interfere with the PCSK9 inhibitor's benefit. Heartwire from Medscape
View ArticleEAS Offers Advice on StatinInduced Muscle Pain
The EAS stresses that statins are the first second and third treatment course in patients with muscle pain and all efforts should be made to get the patient back on the lipidlowering medication....
View ArticleEsperion nets $190.2mm via FOPO
Esperion Therapeutics Inc. developing therapies that lower LDLcholesterol levels netted $190.2mm through the followon sale of 2.01mm common shares including the overallotment at $100 each. Funds will...
View ArticleDiscontinuing statin therapy for patients with lifelimiting illnesses is...
Maryjo PrincePaul an assistant professor of nursing from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and other researchers in palliative care can now answer questions from...
View ArticleAdding Age Sex Criteria Sharpen Statin Guidelines Analysis
That could improve the balance between patients treated vs events prevented potentially boosting guidelines performance in targeting the patients who could most benefit from statins researchers say....
View ArticleLipitor Lawsuits Move Forward in Federal Multidistrict Litigation as Court...
New York New York PRWEB March 27 2015 The federal court overseeing thousands of Lipitor lawsuits httpwww.lipitorlawsuitcenter.com that allege the statin medication increases the risk that a patient...
View ArticleLipitor Lawsuits Move Forward in Federal Multidistrict Litigation as Court...
Bernstein Liebhard LLP which is currently representing clients in the federal Lipitor proceeding reports that the Court has granted Pfizers Motion and has dismissed four individual Lipitor lawsuits...
View ArticleSynthetic Biologics Initiates Phase 2a Clinical Trial of SYN004 to Protect...
ROCKVILLE Md. March 30 2015 PRNewswire Synthetic Biologics Inc. NYSE MKT SYN a developer of pathogenspecific therapies for serious infections and diseases with a focus on protecting the microbiome...
View ArticleTo statin or not to statin Report offers physicians tips to help patients...
Cholesterollowering statins have transformed the treatment of heart disease. But while the decision to use the drugs in patients with a history of heart attacks and strokes is mostly clearcut that...
View ArticlePatients can stop taking statins in terminal care research suggests
Discontinuing statin use in patients with latestage terminal illnesses is safe and may even be beneficial according to research in JAMA Internal Medicine.
View ArticleTo statin or not to statin
Cholesterollowering statins have transformed the treatment of heart disease. But while the decision to use the drugs in patients with a history of heart attacks and strokes is mostly clearcut that...
View ArticleSynthetic Biologics' SYN004 Clinical Data for Protection of Microbiome...
ROCKVILLE Md. April 1 2015 PRNewswire Synthetic Biologics Inc. NYSE MKT SYN a developer of pathogenspecific therapies for serious infections and diseases with a focus on protecting the microbiome today...
View ArticleStatins Promote Coronary Calcification Maybe in a Good Way
More calcification after statin therapy might reflect plaque stabilization so calcium scores may be less useful for risk stratification once patients have been on the drugs experts say. Heartwire from...
View ArticleTargeting Dangerous Inflammation Inside Artery Plaque
New Mount Sinai Study Shows Nanomedicine Therapy Reduces Heart Attack Risk by Halting Artery Plaque Growth and Suppressing InflammationNew York NY PRWEB April 03 2015 A research team showed that a...
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