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Hunting Molds for a Cholesterol Drug: How Statins Were Found

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Wikipedia: Statin
WikipediaHistory (Endo and mevastatin; compactin; lovastatin; Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study; generics and controversy)
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Mevastatin was never marketed, because of its adverse effects of tumors, muscle deterioration, and sometimes death in laboratory dogs.
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