Abbott, AstraZeneca cholesterol combo
Executive Summary
Abbott and AstraZeneca have decided to pursue development of a combination of Abbott's next-generation fenofibrate ABT-335 with AstraZeneca's Crestor (rosuvastatin), the firms announce Aug. 31. The partnership to develop a multi-targeted fenofibrate/statin cholesterol combination was announced last year. However, the companies had not determined whether the product would use the investigational ABT-335 or Abbott's marketed drug, TriCor (fenofibrate). Abbott and AstraZeneca are targeting 2009 for submitting an NDA for the combination, which is expected to offer the LDL-C lowering benefits of Crestor and the HDL-C raising and triglyceride-lowering benefits of fibrates. Based on positive clinical trial results, Abbott also said it will file ABT-335 as monotherapy by year-end...