New Guidelines for Cholesterol Treatments Represent “Huge Change”

New Guidelines for Cholesterol Treatments Represent “Huge Change”
Nissen notes that the guidelines are guidelines, and not binding, although many primary-care physicians may turn to then for help in determining how best to treat their patients. For doctors who don't quite know what to do about the new advice, Nissen …
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New statin guidelines expand how doctors calculate which patients could benefit
And we really have changed from a singular focus on targets, pushing people to get their cholesterol levels to a certain point, to thinking more holistically about the patients, their risks and what they stand to benefit from the use of drug therapy …
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Top 10 Drug Patent Losses of 2014
Consider Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ($ TEVA), best known for its generic drugs. Its top seller is actually a branded medication: Copaxone, a blockbuster multiple sclerosis treatment. Teva has been scrambling to develop a longer-acting follow-up to …
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