Newly Approved Drug Therapies (339): Lescol, Novartis

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Drug Name: Lescol

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Company: Novartis
Approval Status: Approved September 1997
Treatment for: coronary atherosclerosis

General Information

Lescol has been approved for a new indication--a treatment to decrease the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary heart disease undergoing treatment programs to lower lipoprotein cholesterol. Lescol was originally approved in 1994 for patients with primary hypercholesterolemia.

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Drug listing last updated on February 19, 2008

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