Wednesday 24 July 2013

Isis Phase II drug APOIIIRx slashes triglycerides by 64%


Isis Pharmaceuticals is "very encouraged" by a second set of mid-stage data for its heart drugAPOIIIRx, which shows that it can substantially slash levels of dangerous fats in the blood. 

In a 26-patient Phase II trial, patients with severely high levels of triglycerides taking Isis' drug alongside fibrates experienced 64% drop in triglycerides, and a 70% drop in apolipoprotein C-III (apoC-III), a component of 'bad' low-density lipoprotein
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.http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/13-07-23/Isis_PhII_drug_slashes_triglycerides_by_64.aspx

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