Title Triumph of the heart : the story of statins / Jie Jack Li

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2009] ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 201 pages) : illustrations Contents Cholesterol -- Genesis of statins -- Merck's triumph -- Discovery of Lipitor -- Development of Lipitor -- To market, to market -- Baycol, Crestor, and drugs beyond statins -- Reflections Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index Notes Print version record Subject Statins (Cardiovascular agents) -- History. Coronary Disease -- drug therapy. Drug Design. Drug Industry -- history. History, 20th Century. History, 21st Century. Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors -- history. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 0195323572 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0198043511 (electronic bk.) 9780195323573 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780198043515 (electronic bk.)

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