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PHILIPPINE heart doctors received practice guidelines from European cardiology experts during the 17th Joint Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Hypertension and Philippine Lipid and Atherosclerosis Society at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

European expert presents new guidelines for cardio care

Global healthcare leader MSD invited guest speaker Alberico Catapano, chairman of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS), to deliver a lecture on the topic “New Advances in Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in High-Risk Patients” at the 17th Joint Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Hypertension and Philippine Lipid and Atherosclerosis Society at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Doctors Find Less Need For Abbott's 'Good Cholesterol' Pill

A year after a major study called into question whether prescribing an Abbott Laboratories’ pill designed to raise levels of good cholesterol protected against heart attacks and strokes, doctors are moving away from prescribing the treatment.

Failure Of Roche HDL Booster Is Bad News For Merck And Eli Lilly

The latest in a long line of HDL-raisers fails to benefit patients. Will more potent pills do the trick?

UPDATE 2-Merck profit beats forecast, revenue lags

* Q1 EPS, excluding items, $0.99 vs forecast of $0.98 * Q1 sales rise 1 pct to $11.73 billion vs $11.82 bln view * Reaffirms 2012 profit forecast * Shares dip 0.1 pct (Adds analyst comments, details on ...