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The catastrophic failure of Pfizer's torcetrapib looked like it might doom an entire class of cholesterol modulators, but next month Merck will move its anacetrapib into one of the largest cardiovascular trials ever. Asher Mullard investigates how drug developers have reignited hope for the CETP inhibitors.
