Sydney Morning Herald Health economists say hundreds of millions of dollars are wasted each year because the government is paying artificially inflated prices for atorvastatin , branded Lipitor. Atorvastatin typically costs $38 each time it is dispensed, but in England or ... and more »
Irish Independent A month's supply of the generic cholesterol-lowering medicine Atorvastatin costs as much as €41.59 in a Doc Morris pharmacy on this side of the Border, compared with just €5.88 in Newry, Co Down. The price difference on a year's supply of the drug is a ... and more »
Asbestos.com Japanese researchers used atorvastatin (Lipitor) and simvastatin (Zocor), two of the most popular statin drugs prescribed. An estimated 35 million Americans, mostly older than 40, take a statin drug. Statin drugs work by blocking the enzyme in the ...
Telemanagement The arm of the trial that was stopped was exploring whether atorvastatin prevented cardiovascular complications among 10,305 people, mostly men, who had high blood pressure and were between the ages of 40 and 79. Study participants had total ... and more »
Pharmacy Times On May 5, 2013, the FDA approved Liptruzet, a combination tablet of ezetimibe/ atorvastatin at 4 different doses of atorvastatin (10, 20, 40, or 80 mg) combined with a 10-mg dose of ezetimibe.1 The combination of these 2 medications is indicated for ...
Pharmacy News The Federal Government will cut the price it pays for atorvastatin by more than 50% from 1 December, as part of the ongoing process of price disclosure. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health and Ageing, announced the scheduled price reduction to the ...
NEWS.com.au THE price of the nation's biggest selling medicine - the cholesterol lowering atorvastatin - will fall by $12 a script from December saving patients $150 a year. The price cut will slash the cost of the medicine from $36.10 to just $23.59 for general ... and more »
