there was so much more money to be made in Viagra and Statins than in malaria..
malaria was a disease of the poor .. not the rich.
The first was a lucky side effect as heart patients did ask for extra packages....
Statins are generally of no use even for patients that had a recent infarct (1% significant in a 1 year study less than homeopathy )
Even worse: The latest Chinese study shows that low LDL is related with dementia and high LDL is related with lower dementia!!
Possibly Millions of people that took statins will get early dementia. Thats how big pharma works. Self proliferation of new high income victims.