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- Star-Banner - ÊStatin cholesterol-lowering drugs like Zocor, Vytorin, Lipitor and Crestor *ÊTamoxifen used in the treatment of breast cancer *ÊAcid blockers (Prilosec, Nexium, Zantac, Pepcid). Q: Thank you for a compassionate and informative column last week on ...
- WPXI - According to Skomo,”You hear about Lipitor and Crestor and those newer medications are very potent and lower the cholesterol very well, but there are other statins out there that are older, that are available generically, that work just as well for ...
- Delaware Online - Worldwide sales in 2007 for AstraZeneca's five biggest-selling products: Nexium: $5.2 billion, down 2 percent Seroquel: $4.03 billion, up 15 percent Crestor: $2.8 billion, up 33 percent Arimidex: $1.7 billion, up 10 percent Symbicort : $1.6 billion, up 22 ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer - But demand for the ulcer drug Nexium fell, and sales growth of its Crestor cholesterol pill slowed amid competition from generic medicines. - AP Wolf Block lawyer to chair board of USPS Alan Kessler, executive partner and corporate defense lawyer at ...
- International Herald Tribune - The company posted a 12.5 percent fall in fourth quarter net profit to US$1.27 billion (€0.86 billion) due to restructuring and acquisition costs as well as falling demand for Nexium and slowing sales growth of its Crestor cholesterol pill. Full ...
- CNBC - Growth in demand for cholesterol fighter Crestor has also slowed, although Brennan said a recent new label claim for atherosclerosis could trigger an uptick in sales. The coming year poses fresh challenges. Top of the list is the risk that generic ...
- Bloomberg - Seroquel, Crestor Fourth-quarter sales of Seroquel rose 15 percent to $1.09 billion. In the third quarter, the treatment generated more than $1 billion in revenue for the first time. The drugmaker may face challenges from ...
- WebMD - ... clarithromycin), narcotic pain medications (e.g., methadone), rifabutin, other sedatives (alprazolam, zolpidem), seizure medication (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital), solifenacin, certain other "statins" (atorvastatin, rosuvastatin ...
- International Herald Tribune - Some patients do receive significant benefits from statins, like Lipitor (from Pfizer), Crestor (AstraZeneca) and Pravachol (Bristol-Myers Squibb). In studies of middle-aged men with cardiovascular disease, statin users were less likely to die than ...
- Wall Street Journal - Lately, the insurance companies have us switching prescriptions for patient with high cholesterol to generic drugs from brand-name statin drugs like Lipitor and Crestor. The expectation is that the outcome will be similar. Time will tell. I can tell ...
- Akron Beacon Journal - Effect of Rosuvastatin Versus Atorvastatin — will enroll 1,300 patients at about 175 hospitals in 20 countries. Results of the trial, which are not expected until 2011, will help doctors decide which drug is best for patients. Both Lipitor ...
- Medical News Today - Astrazeneca announced the launch of a new clinical trial, SATURN, designed to measure the impact of CRESTOR™ (rosuvastatin) 40 mg and Lipitor® (atorvastatin) 80 mg on the progression of atherosclerosis in high risk patients. SATURN will compare ...
- Medical News Today - The two drugs, atorvastatin (Lipitor) and rosuvastatin (Crestor), lower LDL ("bad") cholesterol and raise HDL ("good") cholesterol. But which drug is best for patients with heart disease? This study will seek to answer this important scientific ...
- Forbes - Evans of Wake Forest University, who conducted a study using Crestor, a rival cholesterol drug from AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ); David G. Orloff, medical director of Medpace, a company that conducts clinical trials for ...
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- Bloomberg - The paper in today's Lancet medical journal may lead doctors to use statins such as Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor and AstraZeneca Plc's Crestor in diabetics without a history of heart disease. About 246 million people worldwide have diabetes, which raises ...
- Bloomberg - The paper in today's Lancet medical journal may lead doctors to use statins such as Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor and AstraZeneca Plc's Crestor in diabetics without a history of heart disease. About 246 million people worldwide have diabetes, which raises ...
- Javno - Statins" are a class of frequently prescribed drugs that lower cholesterol and include atorvastatin, sold under the trade name Lipitor; simvastatin, sold as Zocor; and rosuvastatin, sold as Crestor. In the study, there were 116 deaths among 631 stroke ...
- WebMD - Comment: I'm 68 years old. Have been taking Crestor for 5 years. Doctor switched me from 10mg dosage to 5mg when I bega ... Show Full Comment Comment: I'm 68 years old. Have been taking Crestor for 5 years. Doctor switched me from 10mg dosage to 5mg ...
- Bloomberg - Other cholesterol-reducing drugs include AstraZeneca PLC's Crestor and Bristol-Meyer Squibb Co.'s Pravachol. The Canadian Federal Court ruled in September that Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.'s generic version of Lipitor would infringe Pfizer's ...
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