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  2. Crestor Backed by FDA for Patients With Normal ... - AOL

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    AstraZeneca (AZN) scored a win on Tuesday, when a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended broader use of Crestor, the company's cholesterol-lowering drug. The panel recommended ...

  3. Rosuvastatin - Wikipedia

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    Rosuvastatin, sold under the brand name Crestor among others, is a statin medication, used to prevent cardiovascular disease in those at high risk and treat abnormal lipids. [6] It is recommended to be used together with dietary changes, exercise, and weight loss. [ 6 ]

  4. Wider Approval for Crestor Brings Out Cynics - AOL

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    Earlier this week, AstraZeneca's (AZN) widely used cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in people with normal cholesterol to prevent ...

  5. Statin - Wikipedia

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    A 2013 Cochrane review found a decrease in risk of death and other poor outcomes without any evidence of harm. [4] For every 138 people treated for 5 years, one fewer dies; for every 49 treated, one fewer has an episode of heart disease. [11] A 2011 review reached similar conclusions, [25] and a 2012 review found benefits in both women and men ...

  6. JUPITER trial - Wikipedia

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    JUPITER was a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study investigating the use of rosuvastatin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The trial focused on patients with normal low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels but increased levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP).

  7. CRESTOR® US Patent Upheld by Court of Appeals for the ... - AOL

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  8. Apotex - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, Apotex launched a generic version of Crestor, the cardiovascular drug originally patented and manufactured by AstraZeneca. Apotex's generic version of Crestor is called Apo-Rosuvastatin. [19] On Friday, December 15, 2017, Apotex founder Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were discovered murdered at their home in North York. [20]

  9. Statin-associated autoimmune myopathy - Wikipedia

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    Severe weakness of the proximal muscles (shoulders, upper arms, thighs) on both sides of the body, very high blood levels of the enzyme creatine kinase (CK) being released by broken down skeletal muscle, and persistent symptoms and CK elevation despite stopping the offending statin medication are the hallmarks of SAAM.