Nissan Chemical Industries and Kowa Ltd have begun joint clinical testing of NK-104, a drug which it is hoped will reduce the amount of cholesterol in the blood.
The hypolipemic drug works by blocking HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme implicated in the formation of circulating cholesterol. The companies intend to file for marketing approval in Japan by the year 2000.
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