Atorvastatin
Hypolipidemic Drug
Sitting Atop An Earnings Powder Keg...of Schering Plough ( SGP - news - people ), which does have some new drug opportunities, Merck is shuttering several research centers. Lipitor goes off patent shortly. Merck stock traded at $21 on the eve of its announced acquisition of... In this article: Google, Merck, Apple, Microsoft, Cash flow, Eli Lilly, IBM, Revenue, Schering Plough, and Express Scripts |
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Bayer not ruling out large acquisitions - CEO
...low-cost generic versions. U.S. group Pfizer <PFE.N>, for instance, generates around a quarter of its annual sales with cholestrol drug Lipitor, which will start to face U.S. generic competition in 2011. [ID:nN26367941] Wenning...
In this article: Bayer, IPIC, United States, Revenue, Lipitor, Antibiotic, and Avalox
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Forbes.com Business News | 2 days ago
Zetia's Miraculous Popularity
...launching Zetia to start a big trial to determine whether it prevents heart attacks. This study won't finish until at least 2012. Lipitor, Zocor and other statins block production of cholesterol in the liver. Zetia works in the intestine to...
In this article: Zetia, Cholesterol, Merck, Vytorin, Zocor, Niacin, Lipitor, and B vitamin
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The Bergen Record | November 19, 2009
Vytorin, Lipitor no better than generic in study
Last updated: Thursday November 19, 2009, 12:27 PM Cholesterol pills Vytorin from Whitehouse Station-based Merck & Co. and Lipitor from Pfizer Inc. worked no better than simvastatin, a cheaper generic medicine, at keeping patients out of...
In this article: Vytorin, Lipitor, Simvastatin, Cholesterol, Niaspan, Abbott Laboratories, UnitedHealth Group Inc., Pfizer Inc., and Merck & Co.
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Centre Daily Times | November 18, 2009
Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For Lipitor® (Atorvastatin) To The European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For Lipitor® (Atorvastatin) To The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) Filing Follows EMEA's Conclusion that Pfizer's Program Studying the Use of Lipitor in Children with High Cholesterol is in Compliance...
In this article: Pfizer Inc, European Union, Cholesterol, LDL, and Fiscal year
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Even The Pharaohs Needed Lipitor
Millions of people worldwide are treated for artherosclerosis with cholesterol-lowering drugs like Pfizer's ( PFE - news - people ) Lipitor and AstraZeneca's ( AZN - news - people ) Crestor. But the study, which is being presented at...
In this article: Lipitor, Bread, Atherosclerosis, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Journal of the American Medical Association, Calcium, Crestor, and Cholesterol
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Dr Reddy's files for marketing Lipitor generic
India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories <REDY.BO> has filed for marketing a generic version of Pfizer's <PFE.N> cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the U.S., the company said on Saturday. "We have filed an ANDA (abbreviated new drug filing) for...
In this article: Lipitor, Pfizer, U.S., Business Standard, Cholesterol, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and India
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Atorvastatin (INN) (pronounced: /əˌtɔrvəˈstætən/), (marketed under the name Lipitor, Lipidra, Aztor, Torvatin, Sortis, Torvast, Torvacard, Totalip, Tulip, Xarator, Atorpic, Liprimar, Atorlip and other names), is a member of the drug class known as statins, used for lowering blood cholesterol. Atorvastatin inhibits the rate-determining enzyme located in hepatic tissue that produces mevalonate, a small molecule used in the synthesis of cholesterol and other mevalonate derivatives. This lowers the amount of cholesterol produced which in turn lowers the total amount of LDL cholesterol.
With 2006 sales of US$12.9 billion under the brand name Lipitor, it is the largest selling drug in the world.
Lipitor is not the only statin; there are several other statins on the market.
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