Merck wins FDA OK on 2nd round for ezetimibeatorvastatin combo
After being rejected by the US FDA last year Merck managed to convince the agency on the second round to approve the company's ezetimibeatorvastatin combo statin pill which has been dubbed Liptruzet as...
View ArticleDrugs.com Releases Q1 Sales for Top 100 U.S. Drugs Rough U.S Flu Season...
NEW YORK May 6 2013 PRNewswire Drugs.com the leading online clinical drug resource today released first quarter 2013 U.S. prescription sales data for the top 100 drugs.Photo&160;...
View ArticleReport Community Drugstores Tied to Medication Waste
WASHINGTON May 6 2013 PRNewswireUSNewswire As policymakers examine ways to reduce health care costs a recent study finds that the vast majority of prescription medication waste in Medicare Part D...
View ArticleCholesterol drugs might boost kidney cancer survival
HealthDayCholesterollowering statin drugs that are taken by millions of Americans might also improve survival from a type of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma a new study suggests.
View ArticleMerck's Liptruzet A Cause For Shame
By Derek Lowe I have discussed Vytorin several times before. The combination of Zetia ezetimibe the cholesterol absorption inhibitor discovered at ScheringPlough with Merck's MRK simvastatin looked as...
View ArticleClue To Explain The Reversible Memory Loss Sometimes Caused By The Use Of...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins a class of global topselling...
View ArticleCVS Caremark Research Finds Women and NonWhite Patients More Likely to be...
WOONSOCKET R.I. May 14 2013 PRNewswire High cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for&160;coronary heart disease&160;heart attack&160;and stroke1 which can be well managed with...
View ArticleEsperion files for IPO
Esperion Therapeutics Inc. Plymouth Mich. filed to raise up to $70 million in an IPO underwritten by Credit Suisse; Citigroup; JMP Securities; and Nicolaus Weisel. Esperion's ETC1002 is in two Phase...
View ArticleStatins May Improve Kidney Cancer Survival
A new study shows that statin use is associated with a reduced risk for progression after surgery for renal cell carcinoma. Medscape Medical News
View ArticleCholesterollowering drug may reduce exercise benefits for obese adults study...
Statins the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity diabetes and metabolic syndrome which is a combination...
View ArticleCholesterol Medicine Could Reduce Fitness Levels
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online When looking to decrease cholesterol levels many doctors prescribe a treatment regimen of diet exercise and a cholesterol lowering medicine....
View ArticleStatins May Reduce Exercise Benefits For Obese Adults
Statins the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity diabetes and metabolic syndrome which is a combination...
View ArticleERAEDTA CONGRESS 2013 Late Breaking Clinical Trials
ISTANBUL May 21 2013 PRNewswire The congress of the ERAEDTA European&160;Renal Association &160;European Dialysis and Transplant Association is the biggest congress in Europe on nephrology and...
View ArticleCoronary Heart Disease Risk Revealed By Genetic Screening
The study comprised over 24000 Finnish subjects and was led by Professor Samuli Ripatti. The results revealed that a panel of 28 genetic markers improved detection of individuals with high risk for...
View ArticleAmarin Announces Notification of Patent Allowance for U.S. Application...
BEDMINSTER N.J. and DUBLIN Ireland May 22 2013 GLOBE NEWSWIRE Amarin Corporation plc NasdaqAMRN a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve...
View ArticleOngoing clinical study to evaluate benefits of highdose simvastatin for...
Can treatment with high doses of a cholesterollowering statin drug improve outcomes for patients with stroke caused by rupture and bleeding of brain aneurysms An ongoing clinical trial will soon find...
View ArticleThese 2 Patents Could Mean Everything Or Nothing
ByQuoth the RavenInterestingly enough the two biotech stories that I watch both had patent approval news today. They're similar in the sense that at some point in the future both patents could...
View ArticleStatin use is linked to increased risk of developing diabetes warn researchers
Treatment with high potency statins especially atorvastatin and simvastatin may increase the risk of developing diabetes suggests a paper published today in BMJ.
View ArticleDrugstores Giving Away Statins
By Gary Schwitzer Some drugstores in the U.S. are now giving away statin drugs for treating high cholesterol. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on a chain in its area doing so “Retail...
View ArticleStatin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
Certain statins also known as cholesterollowering medications could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes a new study suggests. The risk was most significant in patients taking atorvastatin...
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