Analog of clofibrate. Prepn: T. Leigh, L. A. McArdle, GB 1140748; eidem, US 3549690 (1969, 1970 both to ICI). Pharmacological studies: M. E. J. Billingham, Br. J. Pharmacol. 72, 523 (1981); M. E. J. Billingham et al., ibid. 551. Effects on platelet function in atherosclerosis: J. R. O'Brien et al., Thromb. Haemostasis 40, 75 (1978). Comparative clinical evaluation with penicillamine: D. Y. Bulgen et al., Ann. Rheum. Dis. 38, 567 (1979); H. A. Bird et al., Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. 1, 93 (1983).
Antirheumatic.
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