Lipitor, Atorvastatin News

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said late Monday that it's completed its $2.5 billion acquisition of Inhibitex Inc., a drug developer that Bristol sought as part of its strategy to become a player in the hot hepatitis C drug market.

In this article, I will examine recent bullish and bearish calls made by Jim Cramer on CNBC's Mad Money TV program.

I am the 1 person in every 500 people in most countries who has high cholesterol.

CHINA CONNECTION: Strong sales of Mercedes luxury cars in China and the U.S. helped German automaker Daimler AG post a stronger than expected 57 percent increase in fourth quarter profits.

Health-insurer WellPoint Inc. is planning to stop covering Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor cholesterol-lowering pills for millions of members in favor of generic versions, marking a new challenge to Pfizer's efforts to fend off generic competition to its best-selling drug.

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Maintaining healthy cholesterol levels can keep heart disease, heart attack and stroke away.

Are you at risk for heart disease? What about your loved ones? Vicki Greenberg, a nurse practitioner from the University of Phoenix, appeared on the Scott Cox Show to discuss heart disease.

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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer closed out 2011 with the loss of its biggest selling drug and one of the best-selling drugs in history.

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Most of us can recognize the difference between a brand name product and a non-brand named or generic product.

Q: High bad cholesterol, low good cholesterol, Off Lipitor due to severe loss of muscle, what foods or supplements should I take? Important: We hope you find this general health information helpful.

On February 2, 2012, Mylan Inc. announced the tentative U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Atorvastatin Calcium.

The meteoric rise of its hepatitis C drug Incivek is even more impressive considering that it had to compete with Merck 's sold $865 million worth of Lipitor during its first year.

Spending on the advertising ofA brand-name prescription drugs on televisionA - which not long ago was a fast-growing marketing venue for the pharmaceutical industry in the United States - has dropped more than 20 percent in the last five years.

Common statins such as Lipitor, Crestor or Zocor may not be the same as advertised and sites often don't include warnings about side effects or even require a prescription, the researchers noted.

CANONSBURG Southpointe-based Mylan Inc. said Thursday that its Mylan Laboratories Ltd.

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Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age.