It was founded by Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) codiscoverer Roger Newton, after his ideas for using synthetic high-density lipoprotein (HDL) derivatives as biopharmaceuticals were rejected by ...
So what happened? Some blame Pfizer. The firm is struggling to replace Lipitor (atorvastatin), which loses patent protection in 2011 and accounted for $13 billion in sales last year (27% of total ...
Few companies embody the term 'pharma giant' as much as Pfizer. Here we take a look at the colourful history of one of the biggest drugmakers in the world. Pfizer was founded in 1849 by two recent ...
(Annual revenues for Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering agent, are greater than revenues for the entire worldwide vaccine industry.) [7] Because of the large private market for drugs, many companies ...