Pharmacy News This calendar year, he estimated that pharmacists would pick up about $1.20 per script with these brands coming off patent, until 1 December when the first price disclosure cut for atorvastatin is expected. “This year should be largely okay, the income ...
MedPage Today A total of 70 stenting patients who had a severely occluded nontarget lesion were given intensive 40 mg rosuvastatin daily or standard of care for 7 weeks, reported Pedro R. Moreno, MD, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues.
Drug Store News The company has also settled patent-infringement lawsuits for generic versions of AstraZeneca's cholesterol drug Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium); Mallinckrodt's painkiller Exalgo (hydromorphone); Mediciss acne drug Ziana ( clindamycin phosphate ...
Atlantic Information Services, Inc. It's been a year and a half since Pfizer Inc. lost patent protection on its blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor ( atorvastatin ) — which many contend was the last major expiration of the generics wave — and despite the manufacturer's attempts ...
Family Practice News Digital Network In one recent prospective, blinded study, 420 healthy, statin-naïve participants were randomized to 80 mg of atorvastatin or placebo for 6 months. Significantly more statin users (19) developed myalgia than did those on placebo (10). Creatine kinase ...
