NewAmsterdam Pharma said Tuesday its cholesterol drug lowered the risk of major cardiovascular events and the biotech stock ...

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It is available in generic form and is effective at lowering LDL cholesterol. However, it may be more likely to cause muscle side effects than other statins. Pravastatin (Pravachol): This statin ...

Cholesterol is a fatty substance that naturally occurs in human blood. It is formed in the liver or comes from the foods you eat. Cholesterol performs important functions in your body. It aids in ...

To find out whether they really work, we tried four of them—GoodRx, LowestMed, Mobile Rx Card, and WeRx—to price a month's supply of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor (40 milligrams ...

Pfizer's Lipitor was the leading US prescription drug in 2003 for the third year in a row, with sales of $6.8 billion, up 10.8% ( Table ). Merck's Zocor, with $4.4 billion in 2003 sales and up 7% ...

AstraZeneca is to sell European rights to its cholesterol drug Crestor (rosuvastatin) to Germany’s Grunenthal. Crestor is a statin and at its peak generated annual revenues of more than $7 ...

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said the Circuit Court of Mason County has approved a settlement between the state and pharmaceutical companies Pfizer Inc. (and related companies) ...

According to West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a $17 million settlement between the state, Pfizer, and Ranbaxy has been approved.The antitrust la ...

So does taking a statin, particularly simvastatin, in combination with certain other drugs, including: The cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (Zetia) has been associated with muscle aches and ...