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. 2017 Mar 1;24(3):189–207. doi: 10.5551/jat.RV16008

Fig. 17.

Fig. 17.

Statin drugs discovered by Endo showed dramatic LDL-C reductions in hetero-FH and non-FH patients, and thus, compactin was called as “Penicillin for hypercholesterolemia”. (Left; A. Endo, Right; H. Mabuchi, A, Endo permitted me to use this picture.)