Nearly half (47.7%) of Malaysians aged 18 and above have high cholesterol levels, according to the National Health & Morbidity Survey 2015.
MSD Malaysia recently announced the approval of its new drug to lower cholesterol in Malaysia.
The drug (ezetimibe and atorvastatin) has a dual mechanism of action: it treats the two main sources of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol in the digestive tract (through ezetimibe) and the production of cholesterol in the liver (atorvastatin).
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