In addition to arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia is also a component of the metabolic syndrome that is almost invariably observed in people with type 2 diabetes and remarkably contributes to the excess cardiovascular risk in this population. HMGCoA inhibition by statin therapy, significantly ameliorates hypercholesterolemia, but only marginally affects the concomitant hypertriglyceridemia (probably the most typical feature of increased insulin resistance) and fails to significantly reduce the circulating levels of serum lipoprotein(a), one of the strongest predictors of coronary and cerebrovascular events in type 2 diabetics. Thus, availability of drugs that may help achieving a more effective amelioration of dyslipidemia in this population might also have important clinical implications .