295. The Statin Wars: Big Pharma’s Hidden Hand in Cholesterol Policy
The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast
Sharyl Attkisson
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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How government advisors, bankrolled by statin giants, hijacked cholesterol guidelines to push a drug-driven agenda.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. |
| 0:08.8 | Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl Ackison podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | Today, the story behind the story of my reporting about conflicts of interest involving widely prescribed statin drugs to lower cholesterol. |
| 0:25.6 | My name is Caden Sinclair. |
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