FDA Advisers Recommend Expanding Crestor to Patients Without High Cholesterol (16 Dec 2009)
An FDA advisory panel voted 12 to 4 on Tuesday to expand the use of rosuvastatin (Crestor) to patients with normal cholesterol levels and no history of cardiac disease, according to the Associated Press. The panel’s recommendation was based on last year’s JUPITER trial, in which rosuvastatin cut cardiovascular risk in patients with normal LDL…
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