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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce D. Behounek, Yardley, PA (US);
Mark E. McGovern, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Adeoye Y. Olukotun, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1265 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1265 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for preventing or reducing the risk of onset of a cardiovascular event by administering an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor such as pravastatin, to a patient which has one or more risk factors for a coronary and/or cerebrovascular event such as hypercholesterolemia.