Today in London the FDA decided to postpone approval of a new experimental heart drug, seeking more information about the new product. The drug called Certriad, combines AstraZeneca’s blockbuster cholesterol pill Crestor with Abbott Laboratories TriLipix. According to Rueters, The manufacturers said on Tuesday they had received a so-called “complete response letter” from the U.S. [...]
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FDA Shoots Down New Combo Heart Drug
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: AstraZeneca · Crestor · Hypertension · Lipitor · Prescription drugs · Zocor
Neglected high blood pressure a leading cause of death in the U.S.
February 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments
According to a report recently released by the Institute of Medicine, hypertension (high blood pressure) has become the second leading cause of death for people in the US. Although hypertension is easily preventable through diet, exercise and drugs, it claims one in six lives in the United States, costing our health care system upwards of [...]
Tags: Hypertension · Prescription drugs