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Statins Harm Mitochrondria
Statins, the wildly popular cholesterol-lowering drugs, may interact with at least one blood pressure drug to damage the mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, the researchers reported in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
The mitochondria are structures in cells that make adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, which helps power cells. Mootha’s team tested [...]
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27Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Merck and Schering-Plough Continue to Feel the Heat
A House committee implied today that Merck and Schering-Plough were aware months before they issued preliminary results of the ENHANCE study in a press release that the trial was negative.
The committee made public several anonymous emails posted on an industry chat site suggesting knowledge up to nine months before release of the preliminary data [...]
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15Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 1 comment | Continued
