Tesaglitazar
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Tesaglitazar is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
In the field of molecular biology, the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors are a group of nuclear receptor proteins that function as transcription factors regulating the expression of genes...

 agonist with affinity to PPARα and PPARγ, proposed for type 2 diabetes.

The drug had completed several phase III clinical trials, however in May, 2006 AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc is a global pharmaceutical and biologics company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's seventh-largest pharmaceutical company measured by revenues and has operations in over 100 countries...

announced that it had discontinued further development.
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