Lipitor, Atorvastatin News

It seems just about everyone these days is aware of cholesterol because of the relentless daily barrage of advertisements from the pharmaceutical companies pushing these cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor, Crestor, and the like.

Pfizer Inc.'s decision this month to close the former Global Research & Development headquarters in New London is just the latest in a series of downsizings and mergers over the past decade that have left industry insiders at odds about the company's research direction.

Many people in the United States are still not being screened for high levels of so-called bad cholesterol, and when they are found to have it, are often never treated, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Results of the SLIM Study were recently published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology .

Pfizer has also developed a new che... NEW YORK-- --Pfizer Inc announced it has submitted pediatric data for Lipitor to the European Medicines Agency .

Cholesterol pills Vytorin from Merck & Co. and Lipitor from Pfizer Inc. worked no better than simvastatin, a cheaper generic medicine, at keeping patients out of the hospital for heart attacks or stroke, a study found.

Taking the B vitamin niacin offers no additional benefit to seniors with coronary artery disease who are already prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S. researchers say.

Taking the B vitamin niacin offers no additional benefit to seniors with coronary artery disease who are already prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S. researchers say.

From EquityBites Health care company Pfizer Inc declared on Wednesday the submission of paediatric data for Lipitor to the European Medicines Agency .

Cardiologists have found hardened arteries in 3,500-year-old mummies. The pharaohs should have gone a little easier on the fatted calves.

Nov 17, 2009 - In a phase IIb study in 589 patients with primary hypercholesterolemia or mixed hyperlipidemia treated with anacetrapib as monotherapy or co-administered with atorvastatin, there were persistent lipid effects in the higher dose arms in both the monotherapy and co-administration treatment groups eight weeks after stopping active ...

Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.

Companies mentioned in this article: Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. MAPLE GROVE, Minn., Nov.

A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin a ' drugs that are still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.

Statins are cholesterol-lowering medications that are highly effective and generally safe.

NicOx S.A. today announced that a phase 1b, first-in-man study for NCX 6560, versus placebo and Lipitor? , has met its primary and secondary objectives.

Report finds no one drug works better than another and all are relatively safe but some far more costly Nov.

Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kindler said the drugmaker is integrating its Wyeth purchase far faster than previous big acquisitions, and it will no longer be overly dependent on one or two blockbuster medications.

Although statins are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients.

Although statins such as Lipitor and Zocor are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients.