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… torcetrapib), Roche (dalcetrapib), and Eli Lilly (evacetrapib) failed massive clinical trials … class of cholesterol-lowering medicines called PCSK9 inhibitors. Yet … on the Merck drug and statins had a total … Xconomy's Deputy Biotechnology Editor. You can …

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