BioMedicines of Emeryville, Calif. is testing its Omega interferon with a Duros pump, a titanium device that looks like the ink tube of a Bic pen.

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Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca and others are testing drugs that would reduce inflammation indirectly by raising the "good" HDL cholesterol that helps the body pump fat out of the arteries.

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