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  1. The Body Shop | Muscle aches, a side effect of statin drugs, complicates exercise
    Louisville Courier-Journal logo Louisville Courier-Journal 2 hours ago

    They work by going into the liver and blocking key enzymes used in the cholesterol-production process. This is a very effective way to reduce cholesterol concentrations, because 80 percent or more of the cholesterol in your bloodstream is produced in... Full Article at Louisville Courier-Journal

  2. Statins, food and a mobile app: Pfizer and Eating Well partner up as generic Lipitor hits the market
    Health Populi 14 hours ago
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    Living website and is available from the Apple App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, and for Android phones and tablets from Google Play. The app includes recipes from EatingWell magazine, a shopping list tool, a timer for cooking, and a recipe... Full Article at Health Populi

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago
    A Friday, March 2, 2012 photo shows the exterior of Pfizer in Groton, Conn. Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday, May 1, 2012, that its first-quarter profit fell 19 percent, mainly because new generic competition to its blockbuster cholesterol pill Lipitor cut U.S....

    A Friday, March 2, 2012 photo shows the exterior of Pfizer in Groton, Conn. Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday, May 1, 2012, that its first-quarter profit fell 19 percent, mainly because new generic competition to its blockbuster cholesterol pill Lipitor cut U.S.... View Photo »

  4. I wonder if newt has investments in Lipitor.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2 weeks ago
  5. Recipes 2 Go: Pfizer's LIPITOR-Branded iPhone App. Is It an Ad FDA Should Review?
    Pharma Marketing Blog logo Pharma Marketing Blog 15 hours ago

    250,000 can influence the dialogue on the obesity epidemic and help shape policies that can make ... Novo Nordisk is back on Pinterest! Recall that Novo "de-pinned" all its images a few days after I first discovered them on Pinterest (see " ... Despite... Full Article at Pharma Marketing Blog

  6. Pharma's Rare Disease Strategy
    CNBC logo CNBC 15 hours ago

    CNBC's Seema Mody reports rare diseases might be the next hot investment. Thank you for joining our discussion. Your comment has been posted. In order to add a comment you must click here and accept our terms and conditions. CNBC welcomes your... Full Article at CNBC

  7. Video: Pharma's Rare Disease Strategy
    MSNBC logo MSNBC 16 hours ago
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    Investors have made big bets on drugs like Pfizer's Lipitor for cholesterol, Glaxo's Advair for Asthma, and many more. CNBC's Seema Mody reports rare diseases might be the next hot investment. Related Links: Business & financial news headlines from... Full Article at MSNBC

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago
    This Jan. 30, 2012 photo, shows boxes of the drug Relpax made by Pfizer, in Surfside, Fla. Pfizer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit fell by half due to one-time charges and a drop in U.S. revenue, which was hurt by blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor losing...

    This Jan. 30, 2012 photo, shows boxes of the drug Relpax made by Pfizer, in Surfside, Fla. Pfizer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit fell by half due to one-time charges and a drop in U.S. revenue, which was hurt by blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor losing... View Photo »

  9. The story here is that Pfizer is dealing with its Lipitor patent loss surprisingly well ... When you lose the biggest medicine in the world and your earnings per share only fall 3 percent, that's a lot better than people expected a few years ago. Pfizer is mitigating the patent loss by cutting costs and...
    SOURCE: Reuters Mobile 3 weeks ago
  10. New Lipitor commercial
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 41 months ago
  11. Pfizer adds healthy-eating app to Lipitor marketing arsenal
    FiercePharma logo FiercePharma 20 hours ago

    The mobile app hooks into Pfizer's Lipitor co-pay card offer with a feature that makes refills easier. The free app--available for Apple and Android devices--offers healthy recipes, plus exercise tips and portion-control advice. It also stores a copy... Full Article at FiercePharma

  12. Generics in Cardiovascular Diseases Market to 2018 - Loss of Lipitor Market Exclusivities and Impending Patent Expirations of Plavix to Drive Generic Substitution
    PR Newswire logo PR Newswire 23 hours ago

    ...1017.4.1 Introduction 1017.4.2 Mechanism of Action 1017.4.3 Clinical Trial Management 3 1018 Generics in Cardiovascular Diseases Market to 2018 – Competitive Landscape 1028.1 Teva Pharma 1028.2 Sandoz 1028.3 Actavis 1028.4 Apotex 1028.5 Watson Pharmaceuticals... Full Article at PR Newswire

  13. Comparing 2 Dividend Plays In Healthcare
    Seeking Alpha logo Seeking Alpha 1 day ago

    Pfizer is that the company seems to be prepping itself for an acquisition based strategy. R&D spending is actually on the decline. We can't talk about the health of Pfizer's income without discussing the patent expiration it has been suffering from lately. Full Article at Seeking Alpha

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  1. A Friday, March 2, 2012 photo shows the exterior of Pfizer in Groton, Conn. Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday, May 1, 2012, that its first-quarter profit fell 19 percent, mainly because new generic competition to its blockbuster cholesterol pill Lipitor cut U.S. sales by 15 percent as the...
  2. This Jan. 30, 2012 photo, shows boxes of the drug Relpax made by Pfizer, in Surfside, Fla. Pfizer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit fell by half due to one-time charges and a drop in U.S. revenue, which was hurt by blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor losing patent protection. It still beat...
  3. In this Jan. 30, 2012 photo, a row of ChapStick containers is on display at a Mirmarar, Fla. drug store. Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, that its fourth-quarter profit fell by half due to one-time charges and a drop in U.S. revenue, which was hurt by blockbuster cholesterol...
  4. Graphic shows annual sales of Pfizer's Lipitor and other cholesterol-fighting drugs.
  5. In this Dec. 1, 2011 photo, Bruce Roth, Vice President of Discovery Chemistry at Genentech, is photographed on the Genentech campus in South San Francisco, Calif. Lipitor, the best-selling drug in the history of pharmaceuticals, is the blockbuster that almost wasn't. "There was a lot of...
  6. A prescription bottle of Lipitor(atorvastain calcium) tablets made by Pfizer and distributed by Parke-Davis is seen November 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. Pfizer's patent on the best-selling drug of all-time, the cholesterol-lowering medication Lipitor, expired on November 30, 2011,...
  7. This undated photo provided by by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. , shows Atorvastatin Calcium tablets, or generic Lipitor, which is being sold under a deal with Pfizer. Cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor is so valuable to its maker that Pfizer Inc. is practically paying people to keep taking...
  8. This undated product image provided by AstraZeneca shows the pharmaceutical company's cholesterol drug Crestor. AstraZeneca PLC's big gamble, an attempt to prove its top-selling drug works better than rival cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor, appears to have backfired. A study meant to...
  9. FILE - In this June 14, 2011 file photo, the drug Lipitor is displayed at Medco Health Solutions Inc. , in Willingboro, N.J. Cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor is so valuable to Pfizer Inc. that the drug giant is practically paying people to keep taking it after generic rivals hit the...

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Atorvastatin (INN) (pronounced /əˌtɔrvəˈstætən/), marketed under the trade name Lipitor and several other names worldwide, is a member of the drug class known as statins, used for lowering cholesterol. Atorvastatin inhibits the rate-determining enzyme located in hepatic tissue that produces mevalonate, a small molecule used in the synthesis of... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. I wonder if newt has investments in Lipitor.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2 weeks ago
  2. Lipitor is one of the really big private medicines, because so many people in their thirties, forties and fifties are on it for life, so we are duty bound to make sure people know a cheaper alternative is there
    SOURCE: Independent.ie 3 weeks ago
  3. The story here is that Pfizer is dealing with its Lipitor patent loss surprisingly well ... When you lose the biggest medicine in the world and your earnings per share only fall 3 percent, that's a lot better than people expected a few years ago. Pfizer is mitigating the patent loss by cutting costs and...
    SOURCE: Reuters Mobile 3 weeks ago
  4. Pfizer implemented a groundbreaking strategy to hang onto as much Lipitor revenue as possible until the end of May. That's when several other generic drugmakers will crowd the market with their own versions, pushing prices way down
    SOURCE: Seeking Alpha 3 weeks ago
  5. I’m waiting for a salt shaker with Lipitor in it.
    SOURCE: Albany Times-Union 3 weeks ago
  6. Watson has guided $250 million to $260 million gross profit from Lipitor exclusively, which translates into sales of $550 million to $600 million. We highlight that Watson had launched Lipitor a week prior to Ranbaxy and garnered significant market share.
    SOURCE: Motley Fool 3 weeks ago
  7. Watson has guided $250 million to $260 million gross profit from Lipitor exclusively, which translates into sales of $550 million to $600 million. We highlight that Watson had launched Lipitor a week prior to Ranbaxy and garnered significant market share.
    SOURCE: Motley Fool 3 weeks ago
  8. They could become the next Lipitor.
    SOURCE: Benzinga.com 4 weeks ago
  9. While expected, we nonetheless view this sale as a positive and a key first step in unlocking value for PFE shareholders. With the company successfully navigating through the Lipitor patent expiration, we see Pfizer entering a new product launch cycle and see the divestiture of non-core assets (such as ...
    SOURCE: Seeking Alpha 4 weeks ago
  10. But most people will go for the quick fix: medication. They [think they] can eat the doughnut because they are taking the Lipitor.
    SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer 4 weeks ago
  11. There is a generic for Lipitor, but at this point it's just about as expensive ... So if you qualify for the $4 Lipitor program, it's a good deal.
    SOURCE: KABC Los Angeles 2 months ago
  12. Ranbaxy filed a Para-IV on Lipitor and Diovan in 2001, when no other company was able to gauge that these products would become as big as they have
    SOURCE: InPharmaTechnologist 2 months ago
  13. At the end of day, as I said earlier, Nexium is Nexium, Lipitor is Lipitor, drugs are drugs and it shouldn’t matter that much whose counting to 30
    – George Paz SOURCE: Pharmalot 2 months ago
  14. We are confident that Pfizer's procurement and enforcement of its Lipitor patents was at all times proper and lawful ... The Lipitor patent settlements, including the settlement with Ranbaxy, were submitted for review by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and are proper and lawful in all respects. We vie...
    SOURCE: Thomson Reuters News & Insight 2 months ago
  15. We are confident that Pfizer's procurement and enforcement of its Lipitor patents was at all times proper and lawful ... The Lipitor patent settlements, including the settlement with Ranbaxy, were submitted for review by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and are proper and lawful in all respects. We vie...
    SOURCE: Thomson Reuters News & Insight 2 months ago
  16. If they aren't getting to the target goal [cholesterol level] with generic simvastatin, then because this study is raising questions I think a lot of physicians will think about switching to higher doses of drugs like Lipitor or Crestor before going to Vytorin
    SOURCE: Time Magazine 2 months ago
  17. There is a generic for Lipitor, but at this point it's just about as expensive. So if you qualify for the four-dollar Lipitor program, it's a good deal
    SOURCE: Action News 6 ABC 2 months ago
  18. There is a generic for Lipitor, but at this point it's just about as expensive. So if you qualify for the four-dollar Lipitor program, it's a good deal
    SOURCE: Action News 6 ABC 2 months ago
  19. Lipitor may be available for as little as $4 a month with a Lipitor co-pay card.
    SOURCE: Action News 6 ABC 2 months ago
  20. You can be unique, the only company that has this product or service. You have a patent for Lipitor, and you get to make a lot of money ... Or you have tightly held complementary assets. Look at Coca-Cola. It's not unique, but it has really strong customer relationships and a deep knowledge of customers...
    SOURCE: HBS Working Knowledge 2 months ago
  21. Occupy Pfizer! Protest It's Deal to Block Sales of Generic Lipitor! #OccupyPFE
    SOURCE: Pharma Marketing Blog 2 months ago
  22. But as more patients pay a portion of their employer-sponsored healthcare coverage, they should be concerned that employers may pass along the added expense (to them) to their employees. And even though the Pfizer-PBM deal will end in six months and Lipitor co-pays will rise back up, it would still hurt...
    SOURCE: Pharma Marketing Blog 2 months ago
  23. Most patients taking Lipitor won't even know what's going on except that their out-of-pocket co-pay will be decreased
    SOURCE: Pharma Marketing Blog 2 months ago
  24. Lipitor is the No. 1 drug utilized and it makes up the lion's share of what we spend money on
    SOURCE: Philly.com 2 months ago
  25. There are 3 drugs implicated - Simvastatin at a dose of 40 mg or more, and Lipitor and Crestor. The precise doses of risk with these 2 drugs is not established. But the higher the dose of the drugs, the increased the risk. For example, with Lipitor at 80 mg the risk jumped up to 1 of every 50 people tak...
    SOURCE: News-Medical.net 2 months ago

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