Pravastatin is the 6-alpha-hydroxy acid form of mevastatin. Pravastatin was firstly approved in 1991 becoming the second available statin in the United States. It was the first statin administered as the active form and not as a prodrug. This drug was developed by Sankyo Co. Ltd.; however, the first approved pravastatin product was developed by Bristol Myers...
Pravastatin is indicated for primary prevention of coronary events hypercholesterolemic patients without clinical evidence of coronary heart disease. Its use includes the reduction of risk on myocardial infarction, undergoing myocardial revascularization procedures and cardiovascular mortality.
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MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
ICON plc, Millcreek, Utah, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital - Site 0031, Busan, Korea, Republic of
Pusan National University Hospital - Site 0033, Busan, Korea, Republic of
Hallym University Medical Center - Chuncheon, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of
Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of
Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
HANIL General Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Prism Research, LLC, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
ICM Val d'Aurelle, Montpellier, France
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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