Merck CEO says jury out on raising good cholesterol
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The jury is still out on the benefits of increasing "good" HDL cholesterol, but the strategy remains worth pursuing, despite recent setbacks, the chief executive of Merck & Co said on Thursday. Confidence in the HDL thesis suffered a fresh blow last month when a major clinical trial of Merck’s Tredaptive medicine failed. That followed earlier failures with two other HDL-boosting drugs from Pfizer and Roche. . . .
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