Experimental Roche drug shows promise in reducing heart damage

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Experimental Roche drug shows promise in reducing heart damage

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experimental-roche-drug-shows-promise-reducing-heart-damage-193057055--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/20VXnj_tuFpfgUiL5u9iYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-10T193057Z_1_CBRE9291I7P00_RTROPTP_2_ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz" align="left" title="Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A single dose of an experimental Roche biotech drug that blocks inflammation reduced damage to the heart during artery clearing angioplasty procedures, according to data from a midstage trial presented on Sunday. The drug, inclacumab, was significantly better than a placebo in decreasing levels of molecular markers, or enzymes, that are used to diagnose heart attacks and heart damage in patients also taking standard drugs, such as cholesterol lowering statins, researchers said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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