Niacin into the void
Failure of HDL cholesterol drug may be this B vitamin's big chance.
Drug companies have been frantically looking for an agent to increase HDL levels. It's a worthy goal — although the fact that their patents on the LDL-lowering statin drugs are expiring may have helped animate the search.
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