Triumph of the Heart: The Story of Statins

by Jie Jack Li

Book Overview

Over 25 million people in the U.S. alone have benefited from statins--such drugs as Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Pravachol, and other cholesterol-lowering medicines--in preventing stroke, heart attack, and other forms of coronary heart disease. But how did these remarkable, life-saving drugs come into being? In Triumph of the Heart, Dr. Jie Jack Li, a medicinal chemist and expert on drug discovery, tells for the first time the fascinating story of statins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195323572
• ISBN13: 9780195323573
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"