J. Chung, Joo-Youn Cho, K. Yu
Oct 1, 2005
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Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Abstract
Pitavastatin is a potent, newly developed 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl–coenzyme A reductase inhibitor for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. We characterized the effects of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1 (OATP1B1) alleles *1a, *1b, and *15 on the pharmacokinetics of pitavastatin.