Pharmacy Times Spending on mental health agents declined by $6.2 billion, as top agents Zyprexa (olanzapine), Seroquel ( quetiapine ), Geodon (ziprasidone HCl), and Lexapro (escitalopram) lost patent protection. Antihypertensives were highest in prescription volume, ...
The Pharma Letter For example, the settlement involving Lipitor [ atorvastatin ; Pfizer's once mega blockbuster cholesterol lowerer] alone will save $22 billion over the...
The Conversation The most popular type of statin has been atorvastatin , which has the brand name Lipitor. It has topped the list of highest expenditure drugs on the PBS for the last decade, costing Australian taxpayers more than $7 billion in total, which has gone to ... and more »
pharmabiz.com Last lot included packs based on drugs like albendazole, amoxicillin, ampicillin, ceftazidine, amikacin, artesunate, amlodipine, and atorvastatin . This was followed by another batch of 51 formulation packs. According to the new pricing policy, the ... and more »
PharmaTimes ... Wisler said he expects AstraZeneca to "maximise the value of Epanova not only as a monotherapy treatment for dyslipidemia but also as a treatment for cardiovascular disease in combination with Crestor ( atorvastatin )", the firm's cholesterol ... and more »
Huffington Post ... of the same drug] therapeutic substitution, done by a clinician, interchanges generic drugs that are in the same class but not identical to the brand drug -- for example, generic simvastatin might be substituted for the brand name atorvastatin ...
