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Subject: Crestor Shows Equal or Better Benefit to Women
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ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A fresh look at data from a landmark study showed
that AstraZeneca's powerful cholesterol fighter Crestor dramatically cut
deaths, heart attacks and strokes in women at least as much as in men,
providing new evidence of the drug's benefits in a previously understudied
population.

The Jupiter study, which was presented a year ago, demonstrated that Crestor
reduced heart attack, stroke, need for bypass or angioplasty procedures and
cardiovascular death by 45 percent over less than two years. The results were
especially surprising because patients in the study had healthy cholesterol
levels but high levels of a protein associated with inflammation and heart
disease, suggesting the drug may have substantial benefits even for those who
do not have high levels of bad LDL cholesterol.

A new analysis of the 6,801 women included in the study found that Crestor
reduced major adverse heart events by 46 percent compared with 42 percent for
men in the study.

The new analysis was presented on Tuesday at the American Heart Association
scientific meeting in Orlando.

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