Nicholas Wald studied medicine at University College, London. He is currently Honorary Professor of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Informatics, University College London.

2025年3月5日 · The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a single “polypill” combining a statin and three blood pressure lowering drugs, according to academics from UCL.

2025年3月5日 · The polypill, which combines blood pressure lowering agents, statins, and anti-platelet agents, and its application in preventing heart attacks and strokes was first proposed in a patent application 2 in 2000 and in a research paper published in The BMJ in 2003. 3 The proposal was based on a comprehensive review of the evidence from observationa...

The first Polypill was developed more than two decades ago by Nicholas Wald and Malcolm Law of the Wolfson Institute. It was created to provide a therapeutic option that could enhance patient adherence and improve treatment outcomes.

1 天前 · A proposed NHS polypill program for everyone over 50 could significantly reduce heart attacks and strokes, offering a simple, cost-effective alternative to the current NHS Health Check. ... Co-author Professor Sir Nicholas Wald (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) said: “Rather than being a ‘medicalization’ of a large section of the ...

The concept was formulated in 2000 by Professor Sir Nicholas Wald and Professor Malcolm Law to substantially reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. How does the polypill concept work? Taking the preventive medication provided as part of the Polypill Prevention Programme can reduce your blood pressure and cholesterol levels close to those ...

2021年4月29日 · Polypill in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease ... Nicholas Wald 1 , David Wald 2 , Malcolm Law 3 Affiliations 1 University College London, London, United Kingdom [email protected]. 2 St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom. 3 Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom. PMID : 33913651 DOI: 10.1056 ...

2012年7月18日 · Dr Wald said the trial represented a "milestone" and called for regulatory bodies to approve the polypill "urgently". European and Canadian patents for a polypill are held by David Wald's...

2003年6月26日 · We show that a daily treatment, the Polypill, comprising six components, each lowering one of the above four risk factors, would prevent more than 80% of IHD events and strokes, with a low risk of adverse effects.

In 1991 Wald showed that folic acid supplementation prevented most cases of neural tube defects. [3] In 1999, together with Law, he invented the polypill. [4] [5]