 Merck will lose patent protection on cholesterol-lowering agent Zocor, which racked $4.4 billion in revenue last year. Zocor\'s fate is inevitable: Its sales will shrivel as cheap generic alternatives flood the market. What\'s unclear is the destiny of Pfizer\'s Lipitor, the world\'s best selling drug which controls nearly 55 percent of the $16 billion U.S. cholesterol market...
January 01 1970 01:00:00.
 The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it would allow Merck & Company to label Zocor as the first anti-cholesterol drug that reduces deaths. A five-year study of 4,400 coronary patients found that Zocor lowered deaths from heart disease by 42 percent and significantly reduced nonfatal heart attacks and the need for rehospitalization. Wall Street has expected the...
August 14 2008 18:01:59.
 Zocor is a cholesterol-lowering drug. Your doctor may prescribe Zocor in addition to a cholesterol-lowering diet if your blood cholesterol level is too high, and if you have been unable to lower it by diet alone. For people at high risk of heart disease, current guidelines call for considering drug therapy when LDL levels reach 130. For people at lower risk, the cut-off is...
August 14 2008 18:01:59.
 Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved changes to the prescribing information for ZOCOR(R) (simvastatin) to include results from the landmark Heart Protection Study with ZOCOR 40 mg, the largest cholesterol treatment study ever conducted.As a result of the FDA\'s decision, ZOCOR 40 mg is now recommended, along wit...
August 14 2008 18:01:59.
 In the battle of cholesterol lowering medication, Lipitor has a commanding advantage in todays market. Lipitor is the worlds number 1 selling drug. According to USA Today, Lipitors sales have risen $3.1 billion in the second quarter and are expecting to hit record high sales of 13 billion this year. The number 2 cholesterol fighting medication or statin in the industry is Zoc...
August 14 2008 18:01:59.
 In the battle of cholesterol lowering medication, Lipitor has a commanding advantage in todays market. Lipitor is the worlds number 1 selling drug. According to USA Today, Lipitors sales have risen $3.1 billion in the second quarter and are expecting to hit record high sales of 13 billion this year. The number 2 cholesterol fighting medication or statin in the industry is Zoc...
August 14 2008 18:01:59.
 Generic Zocor (Simvastatin) is identical, or bio equivalent to brand Zocor (Simvastatin) in dosage form, safety, strength, quality, route of administration, performance characteristics and the intended use. Generic Zocor (Simvastatin) is available at much lower prices than the brand Zocor (Simvastatin).Some side effects that have been reported by Zocor users are: irregulariti...
August 14 2008 18:01:59.
 These results were consistent even in patients whose cholesterol levels were not high enough to require drug treatment under current guidelines. The study also demonstrated heart disease risk reductions with Zocor 40 mg in all patient populations studied, including women, the elderly and high-risk groups, such as those with a history of heart attacks, diabetes, hypertension o...
August 14 2008 18:01:59.
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