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1. AstraZeneca to buy lipid drug developer for $443M

   ... mixed dyslipidemia and as a fixed-dose combination with its statin rosuvastatin (Crestor) for mixed dyslipidemia patients at high risk of a ...

   cstuart - 2013-06-04 16:42

2. AstraZeneca offers $443M to bolster drug pipeline

   ... and reduce non-HDL cholesterol in combination with a statin. The drug is taken as a coated soft gelatin capsule in two and four gram ...

   cstuart - 2013-05-28 10:44

3. Evidence tilts toward diabetes risk with potent statins

   ... Older patients treated with a high potency statin faced a 10 percent to 22 percent increased risk of new onset diabetes, ... properly.” Studies evaluating the association between statin use and new onset diabetes have been at odds. The JUPITER study , for ...

   cstuart - 2013-05-24 15:11

4. Treating nonadherence as a medical condition

   ... beneficiaries at least 80 percent adherent on prescribed statin, hypoglycemic and hypertensive medications. “This represents ...

   cstuart - 2013-05-23 07:59

5. Ranbaxy pays $500M to settle adulterated drugs suit

   ... Ranbaxy came under fire in November 2012 after its generic statin product was contaminated with bits of glass. The company voluntarily ...

   cstuart - 2013-05-14 10:33

6. Perspective: It's not either-or for patients and EHRs

   ... on whether the patches helped. The patient was also on a statin, so I shouldn’t have given clarithromycin. What I am describing ... to suggestions to quit. The patient was also on a statin, so I shouldn’t have given the clarithromycin, and I didn’t do a med ...

   bwalsh - 2013-05-07 10:29

7. Statins may lower risk of death from prostate cancer

   Statin users diagnosed with prostate cancer were less likely to die from the ... or progression of prostate cancer was no different between statin users and nonusers, though. In 2012, Nielsen et al reported in the ...

   cstuart - 2013-05-06 15:38

8. A fanfare for software feats

   ... software that, combined with an EHR, allowed them to explore statin-related clinical events or symptoms that led to statin discontinuation. The software could process up to 40 notes a second ...

   cstuart - 2013-04-18 17:35

9. Canadian diabetes guidelines: Start statins at 40

   ... Body:  The Canadian Diabetes Association recommends statin therapy for patients with diabetes mellitus who are 40 years old or ...

   cstuart - 2013-04-12 09:52

10. Generic statin sampling proves budget friendly

    ... after all. At least, not when the drugs are a generic statin. Sampling fell in disfavor based on research showing that the ... a study based on a hypothetical cohort of patients who were statin naïve, had experienced an MI and were 65 years old. The Markov model ...

    cstuart - 2013-04-10 16:59

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