A 12-week, Double-blind, Randomized Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Fixed Combinations of Fenofibrate / Simvastatin 145/20mg and Fenofibrate / Simvastatin 145/40mg Tablets vs. Matching Monotherapies in Dyslipidemic Subjects at High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.

Study start date: June 1, 2012

Inclusion Criteria: Either gender (tentatively 50 percent females to be included and if of childbearing potential she must agree to use medically acceptable methods of contraception from the time of signing the informed consent until 7 days following administration of the last treatment or dose of study medication). Accepted contraceptive methods are implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, intra-uterine device or sexual abstinence. between 18 (inclusive) and 80 years With mixed dyslipidemia with fasting lipid results of a blood sample taken at inclusion and after at least 3 months of any statin monotherapy (excluding simvastatin 80 mg, atorvastatin 40 mg and 80 mg, rosuvastatin 20 mg and 40 mg): TG higher than/equal to 1.71 mmol/L (higher than/equal to 150 mg/dL) and LDL-C higher or equal to 1.81 mmol/L (higher or equal 70 mg/dL) but smaller than/equal to 3.36 mmol/L (smaller than/equal to 130 mg/dL) High risk or very high risk based on known CardioVascular Disease (CVD) or type 2 diabetes or type 1 diabetes with microalbuminuria or a Systematic Coronary Risk Estimation (SCORE) chart risk ≥ 5percent Aspartate aminotransferase and/or alanine aminotransferase smaller than/equal to 2 times the Upper Normal of Limit (UNL) Exclusion Criteria: Known hypersensitivity to fibrates or simvastatin or known photoallergic or phototoxic reactions under treatment with fibrates or ketoprofen or known allergic reactions caused by peanuts, peanuts or arachis oil or soy lecithin, or related products, Pregnant or lactating women, Unable or unwilling to comply with the protocol and the recommended diet, Likely to withdraw from the study before its completion, Having received an investigational drug or vaccine in the last 30 days before date of inclusion, or still participating in such a trial at Visit 1