Cholesterol-lowering statins such as Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) are among the most widely prescribed drugs on the market today. Their purpose is to lower blood ...

Although these cholesterol medications are some of the safest and most effective, they can come with unwanted side effects. We asked a doctor to explain.

The US Supreme Court has resolved a case centring on patent exhaustion — the doctrine that puts limits on the patent rights that survive after the initial sale of a patented item — that is ...

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 ...

To help doctors and parents treat young people with high cholesterol, the American Academy of Pediatrics revised its guidelines two summers ago and added statins—such as: atorvastatin (Lipitor ...

NPPA fixes retail prices for 65 new drug formulations and ceiling prices for 13, including vaccines and essential drugs.

Statin use is associated with an increased prevalence of microalbuminuria. Atorvastatin use is also related to a higher frequency of abnormally high UAE when compared with those patients taking ...

Lipoprotein apheresis involves the extracorporeal removal of LDL and lipoprotein(a) particles from whole blood or plasma by adsorption, precipitation or differential filtration. Used repetitively ...

Some of the top heart failure research looked at statins and semaglutide for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, ...

The ceiling prices of seven other drugs were revised to include the impact of the 0.00551 per cent increase in drug prices in ...

If you have nocturnal (nighttime) leg cramps, your doctor might prescribe quinine (Qualaquin)-even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved it for only one purpose: to treat malaria ...