Recent news on Pravachol-Pravastatin

Ranbaxy: FDA OKs generic Pravachol  -  Apr 25, 2007
BusinessWeekIndian generic drug developer Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. said Wednesday its Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals unit received Food and Drug Administration approval to

Bristol-Myers Squibb relieved to see Plavix back on track  -  Apr 27, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),However, generic competition battered sales of cholesterol-lowerer Pravachol (pravastatin), which lost US and some European patent protection last year and

Ranbaxy: FDA OKs Generic Pravachol  -  Apr 25, 2007
Houston Chronicle,© 2007 AP. NEW YORK — Indian generic drug developer Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. said Wednesday its Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals unit received Food and Drug

Generic dispensing rates 'to exceed' 60%, says Medco  -  27 Mar 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),Merck & Co's Zocor (simvastatin) and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol (pravastatin), plus Pfizer's depression/anxiety treatment Zoloft (sertraline),

'Rattray wrong on cholesterol drugs'  -  Mar 22, 2007
Jamaica Gleaner,The 'statins' are sold under a variety of names, including Lipitor (atorvastatin), Zocor (simvastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin) and Pravachol (pravastatin).

New Generics Pose Potential Shake-up for Prescription Sleep ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...blockbuster drugs including Zocor (simvastatin), Zoloft (sertraline), Pravachol (pravastatin), Flonase (fluticasone propionate) and Mobic (meloxicam).

Pipeline match for possible Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,In the fourth quarter of 2006, sales of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol (pravastatin), a cholesterol lowing drug, plummeted 75 per cent to $146m thanks to

Telomere Length Linked to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease  -  Jan 12, 2007
MedPage Today,In a further nested placebo-controlled comparison of patients treated with Pravachol (pravastatin), the researchers reported that among the placebo-treated

Barr Can Sell Generic Pravachol  -  Nov 28, 2006
TheStreet.comBy Althea Chang. The Food and Drug Administration approved the generic, known as pravastatin, at three dosage levels, 10, 20 and 40 milligrams.

Barr Pharma Pravachol Clearance  -  Nov 28, 2006
TheStreet.comBy TSC and IRIS Staff. Generic drug maker Barr Pharmaceuticals (BRL - commentary - Cramer's Take), said Tuesday that its subsidiary Pliva has received final

B-MS boosted by Abilify bipolar study  -  Dec 8, 2006
Pharma Times (subscription),...impact generic competition to the antithrombotic Plavix (clopidogrel) and the cholesterol-lowerer Pravachol (pravastatin) are having on B-MS' earnings.

Stock futures flat before data, Bernanke  -  Nov 28, 2006
ReutersBy Emily Chasan. NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stock futures were little changed on Tuesday before data on manufacturing and housing and a speech by Federal

Suboptimal Statin Use Seen Common and Harmful  -  Dec 7, 2006
MedPage Today,Patients started treatment most frequently with Zocor (simvastatin, 47%), Pravachol (pravastatin, 23%), or Lipitor (atorvastatin, 22%), though Lescol

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