In a crowded field of cholesterol drugs, one scientist’s bold discovery quietly rewrote the rules of medicine and business.

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1. Li, Jie Jack, 'Discovery of Lipitor', Triumph of the Heart: The Story of Statins (New York, 2009; online edn, Oxford Academic, 12 Nov. 2020), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195323573.003.0010
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Music: Sourced from Pixabay and Udio

Produced by: Radin Alikhani

Instagram: @rxchronicles_

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Special thanks to the University of Michigan's Shapiro Library for providing the recording space for this episode.