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FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill to cut cholesterol in high-risk patients

FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill to cut cholesterol in high-risk patients
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way that’s previously only been available with expensive, injectable drugs. The drug from Merck was OK’d on Thursday for patients with artery-clogging cholesterol...

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