This connection has been known about CoQ-10 ever since the first statin was patented and marketed by Merck. (lovastatin).

Merck kept it secret (as most drug companies do). In fact they have a patent taken out for a product that combined CoQ-10 and lovastatin! It was never used however, and I did see a reason given, once. They could not solve the solubility problem that CoQ-10 has. A little history--- in the past when CoQ-10 first hit the marketplace, it was in a dry powder form. Only as time passed did it become solubility enhanced so it could work better.

Now most forms have this enhancement and some forms are even the best in this regard:

http://www.epic4health.com/noname.html

If you read my statin thread in the subforum here, I have new statistics just reported on how effective statins really are. Basically they are not that useful as the drug companies would like doctors and patients to think.
http://www.naturalnews.com/028988_st...e_effects.html

And in fact, many doctors remained clueless until recently about CoQ-10 being needed with a statin because the drug companies did not share that with doctors. It was believed that patients would not use the statin (which insurance paid for) if they had to spend $40 out of pocket each month for the CoQ-10. So only a few doctors who were independent thinkers discovered this connection themselves.
You can read about the existence of this patent here:
http://www.discount-vitamins-herbs.n...de-effects.htm
from 1989