FDA approves Abbott's cholesterol drug
US health care major Abbott Laboratories has received Food and Drug Administration approval for its TriLipix (fenofibric acid) delayed-release capsules for use along with diet to lower cholesterol in patients with lipid problems.
Three randomized, multicenter, double-blind, controlled, 2,698-patient, 12-week, Phase III trials showed that TriLipix lowered low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides, as well as raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
TriLipix, a novel fenofibric acid molecule combined with two commonly-prescribed statins (atorvastatin and simvastatin), is the successor to Abbott and Belgian drugmaker Solvay's blockbuster drug TriCor (fenofibrate). Solvay co-promotes the drug in the USA.
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