Recent news on Pravachol

Ranbaxy: FDA OKs generic Pravachol  -  Apr 25, 2007
BusinessWeek...s cholesterol-lowering drug Pravachol. Pravachol lost patent protection a year ago. Total annual market sales for all strengths were $1.19 billion.

Generics cited as Bristol-Myers' net slips  -  Apr 26, 2007
MarketWatchGeneric competition was the primary drag on Bristol-Myers' top line in the first quarter, with the patent on blockbuster cholesterol drug Pravachol having

Pravastatin nod partially clears NJ cloud over Ranbaxy  -  Apr 25, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,India’s largest drugmaker already has approvals to sell pravastatin (the drug that’s branded as Pravachol) in the 10mg, 20 mg and 40 mg dosage forms.

Bristol-Myers 1Q Profit Falls  -  Apr 26, 2007
Forbes,Sales of the blood-thinner Plavix fell 5 percent to $938 million from $986 million, while sales of cholesterol-lowering drug Pravachol plummeted 75 percent

Bristol Counts on Plavix Resurgence  -  Apr 25, 2007
TheStreet.comThe first quarter of 2006 included sales of the cholesterol-fighter Pravachol when it still had US patent protection. Pravachol went off patent in April

Bristol-Myers 1st-quarter profit drops on lower drug sales, CEO's ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Brandon Sun,Sales of the blood-thinner Plavix fell five per cent to $938 million, while sales of cholesterol-lowering drug Pravachol plummeted 75 per cent to $135

Ranbaxy Receives Approval to Manufacture and Market Pravastatin ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...*Pravachol(R) is a registered trademark of Bristol Myers Squibb CONTACTS: Charles M. Caprariello Vice President, Corporate Communications Ranbaxy Inc. (609)

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Growth Capital Group Expands It's New Nutraceutical Line Up To ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
PR Buzz (press release),...lost patent protection (Merck’s Mevacor and Zocor, and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Pravachol). Lipitor goes generic in 2010, erasing $8 billion in United States

Consumer Outreach Boosts Generic Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs  -  Apr 25, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The generic versions of Zocor(R) (simvastatin) and Pravachol(R) (pravastatin) became available last year and lovastatin had been available since December

Statins May Cut Prostate Cancer Deaths  -  May 21, 2007
WebMDExamples of statins include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol, and Mevacor. In the test tube, statin drugs keep prostate cancer cells from growing.

DDW: Contrary to Common Wisdom, Statins May Offer Liver Benefit  -  May 20, 2007
MedPage Today,He said the FDA has quietly approved label changes for three statins -- simvastatin (Zocor), pravastatin (Pravachol), and lovastatin (Mevacor)

Analysis: Street likes Bristol-Myers Q1  -  Apr 26, 2007
United Press InternationalUS pharmaceutical sales fell 6 percent to $1.9 billion, a decrease Bristol-Myers said was due to the loss of exclusivity of Pravachol and reduced sales of

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The decrease was due primarily to a decline in PRAVACHOL® and TAXOL® sales resulting from increased generic competition, partially offset by strong sales

Statins Could Cut Lung Cancer Risk  -  May 7, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),Millions of Americans already take statins -- commonly known by brand names such as Lipitor, Mevacor, Pravachol, and Zocor -- to diminish their risk for

VA Study: Cholesterol Drugs Could Prevent Lung Cancer  -  May 8, 2007
WVLT,They include medications such as Lescol, Lipitor, Mevacor, Pravachol and Zocor and work by blocking the body's ability to produce cholesterol.

Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs Reduces Lung Cancer Risk  -  May 7, 2007
AHNThe statins include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol, and Mevacor. Earlier studies have suggested that statins may cut a person's risk of many

The lawyer per doctor full advantage lies.  -  May 7, 2007
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Statin Helps Keep Second Strokes at Bay  -  May 4, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),Half the participants got a statin drug, which includes medications such as Lipitor, Pravachol and Zocor. The other half did not receive the

Up And Down With Cholesterol Management  -  May 4, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),US$ 20.4 bln branded statin market in 2006 suffered from patent expiry of Zocor and of Pravachol with sales reductions of 64 % or 47 %, respectively.

Analysts prepare for Teva Q1 report: Expect weak quarter  -  May 1, 2007
Ha'aretz,...regarding the quarter are a paucity of launches, and the expiry of exclusive marketing terms for major sellers, including Zoloft, Pravachol and Zocor.

Consumer Outreach Boosts Generic Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs  -  26 Apr 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The generic versions of Zocor(R) (simvastatin) and Pravachol(R) (pravastatin) became available last year and lovastatin had been available since December

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The decrease was due primarily to a decline in PRAVACHOL® and TAXOL® sales resulting from increased generic competition, partially offset by strong sales

Ranbaxy: FDA OKs Generic Pravachol  -  Apr 25, 2007
Houston Chronicle,...s cholesterol-lowering drug Pravachol. Pravachol lost patent protection a year ago. Total annual market sales for all strengths were $1.19 billion.

US FDA approves Ranbaxy's pravastatin sodium tablets  -  Apr 25, 2007
domain-B,Ranbaxy says its formulation has been found to be bio equivalent and, therefore, therapeutically equivalent to the reference-listed drug Pravachol

Generic Cholesterol Drugs Vital To Helping Consumers, Nation Lower ...  -  Apr 4, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Pravachol prescriptions fell from an average 743000 per month between October 2005 and May 2006, to 133000 in December 2006.

Generic Cholesterol Drugs Vital to Helping Consumers, Nation Lower ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The generics are versions of Pravachol and Zocor, respectively. Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs selects lovastatin, pravastatin and simvastatin as "Best

Statin drugs lower respiratory death risk: study  -  Apr 10, 2007
Scientific American...s Pravachol and Merck and Co. Inc.'s Zocor -- are the world's best-selling drugs, taken by millions to reduce the risk of heart attack.

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Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing For WelChol Label Change to ...  -  Mar 29, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),It has been studied with four commonly prescribed statins -- Lipitor(R) (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor(R) (simvastatin), Pravachol(R) (pravastatin sodium)

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing for WelChol Label Change to ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
WM Experts (press release),It has been studied with four commonly prescribed statins -- Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor® (simvastatin), Pravachol® (pravastatin sodium) and

S&P: Fourth Annual "Top 10 Pharma Products To Watch" Report Published  -  Apr 18, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Longtime mainstay drugs, such as Zocor, Pravachol, Ambien, and Zoloft all became exposed to generic competition in 2006. Another large group of drugs,

Generics Still Nagging Pfizer  -  Apr 17, 2007
TheStreet.comThough Lipitor remains protected by patents, competitors Pravachol from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Zocor from Merck (MRK

Prime Time Pushers  -  Apr 19, 2007
Mother Jones,Look more closely at a category of drugs known as statinsÑsold under such brand names as Lipitor, Pravachol, and Zocor -- which have proved so effective at

Statin Drugs Lower Respiratory Death Risk - Study  -  Apr 9, 2007
Reuters.uk,N: Quote, Profile , Research) Pravachol and Merck and Co. Inc.'s (MRK.N: Quote, Profile , Research) Zocor -- are the world's best-selling drugs,

Statin drugs lower respiratory death risk - study  -  Apr 9, 2007
ReutersN: Quote, Profile, Research) Pravachol and Merck and Co. Inc.'s (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Zocor -- are the world's best-selling drugs,

Next Pharmaceuticals launches Flavoxine for cholesterol  -  Apr 5, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,These drugs, which Frost & Sullivan says are recommended even for patients with slightly elevated cholesterol, include Lipitor, Zocor and Pravachol.

Good Cholesterol Goes Bad  -  Apr 3, 2007
Forbes,Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people )'s Pravachol). Lipitor goes generic in 2010, erasing $8 billion in US sales for Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ).

Revised Cholesterol Guidelines Suggest Millions of Low-Risk ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
Emediawire (press release),...available by prescription such as Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol and Crestor, and generic statins at considerable savings through www.doctorsolve.com.

'Functional Foods': Healthy or Hype?  -  Apr 1, 2007
Washington Post,She said that even people who take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug such as Lipitor, Pravachol or Zocor may still benefit from sterol-containing products.

Grapefruit and Prescription Drugs: Mix Carefully  -  Mar 30, 2007
PakTribune.com,...prescribed drugs for lowering cholesterol have been added to the list -- well-known drugs such as Lipitor, Mevacor, and Zocor (but not Pravachol).

Fish Oil Sinks Coronary Event Rates When Added to Statins  -  Mar 30, 2007
MedPage Today,Statin therapy was initiated with either 10 mg of pravastatin (Pravachol) or 5 mg of simvastatin (Zocor) once daily as first-line treatment.

Drugs Drive Dip In Heart Attack Deaths  -  Mar 27, 2007
CBS News,Statins treat high cholesterol and include drugs such as Crestor, Lipitor, Pravachol, mand Zocor. The use of beta-blockers, which include drugs such as

Drugs Drive Dip in Heart Attack Deaths  -  Mar 27, 2007
WebMDStatins treat high cholesterol and include drugs such as Crestor, Lipitor, Pravachol, and Zocor. The use of beta-blockers, which include drugs such as Coreg

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),

Early Use of Cholesterol Drug Boosts Outcomes After Angioplasty  -  27 Mar 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),Trial after trial has highlighted the heart-healthy benefits and low side effects of statins, which include blockbusters such as Crestor, Lipitor, Pravachol

Merck, Schering-Plough target cholesterol  -  27 Mar 2007
MarketWatchOther popular statins include Pravachol, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY :. Zetia, meanwhile, belongs to a new class of drugs that works to control

'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).

Heart Association Recommends Statins for Kids with High Cholesterol  -  Mar 22, 2007
MedPage Today,Most of those trials used statin therapies-three using lovastatin (Mevacor), two using pravastatin (Pravachol), one using pravastatin plus colistipol

'Functional Foods': Healthy Or Hype?  -  Mar 21, 2007
The Ledger,She says that even people who take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug such as the brands Lipitor, Pravachol or Zocor may still benefit from

Cleopatra was no beauty and other `scientific  -  Mar 13, 2007
Toronto Star,BlackBerrys, airbags, Prozac and Pravachol. Global warming is of interest, but only because we might die of it some day, and that may entail some discomfort

Prescription Drug Sales in USA +8% in 2006 to $275 Billion ...  -  Mar 10, 2007
Think & Ask,Other brands to lose patent protection and experience generic competition were Pravachol®, Flonase®, and Mobic®. “Last year, we saw two of the most

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease  -  Mar 9, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryWe have also started prescribing pravastatin (Pravachol) as possible prophylaxis against transplant coronary disease once the patients reach adolescence.

IMS Health Reports US Prescription Sales Jump 8.3 Percent in 2006 ...  -  Mar 9, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Other brands to lose patent protection and experience generic competition were Pravachol(R), Flonase(R), and Mobic(R). "Last year, we saw two of the most

IMS Health Reports 8.3% Growth In US Prescription Sales For 2006 ...  -  Mar 8, 2007
Trading Markets,The company noted that other brands to lose patent protection and experience generic competition were Pravachol, Flonase and Mobic.

Manhattan Research Reveals Top Consumer-Ranked Pharmaceutical ...  -  Mar 6, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),NuvaRing, Ortho Evra, Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, Paxil, Plavix, Pravachol, Prevacid, Protonix, Provigil, Pulmicort, Restasis, Risperdal, Rozerem, Seasonale,

Are 'functional food' products healthful or hype?  -  Mar 1, 2007
Shreveport Times,She said even people who take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug such as Lipitor, Pravachol or Zocor may still benefit from sterol-containing products.

Drugs that Stop Bad Cholesterol in Different Ways Produce Dramatic ...  -  Feb 27, 2007
SeniorJournal.com,The first, Pravastatin, is a generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Pravachol. The second, Cilostazol, is a generic for Pletal,

Assessing Statins for Alzheimer Disease: Conflicting Evidence  -  Feb 26, 2007
Psychiatric Times,In their review, separate from the ADCLT report, they also note in vitro studies with glioma cells in which pravastatin (Pravachol) reduced interleuken-6

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation  -  Mar 7, 2007
FDA.govRecent examples of approvals when the exclusivities expired include pravastatin (Pravachol); sertraline (Zoloft); simvastatin (Zocor); and ondansetron

Prescriptions for Cholesterol Drugs Rise with New Generics  -  Feb 15, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),The two new generics -- pravastatin and simvastatin -- are the generic versions of Pravachol and Zocor, respectively, both of which lost patent protection

Prescriptions for Cholesterol Drugs Rise with New Generics  -  Feb 13, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Pravachol prescriptions fell from an average 743000 per month between October 2005 and May 2006, to 133000 in December 2006. The analysis assessed the

Generics boost statin uptake  -  Feb 14, 2007
Health24.com,The two generics, pravastatin and simvastatin, are versions of Pravachol and Zocor, respectively. Both those brand-name drugs lost patent protection in 2006

Current and Future Market for Cardiovascular Drugs: Market Size ...  -  Jan 30, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),In 2006 the patents protecting Zocor and Pravachol expired, which together with the anticipated patent expiry of Lipitor in 2010, will result in a flood of

People's Pharmacy: Ambien linked to driving, hallucinating during ...  -  Jan 27, 2007
Bryan College Station Eagle,Q: I have been taking statin drugs, including Pravachol, Lipitor and now Zocor, for more than 10 years to control my cholesterol.

Life is Good Launches Free Prescription Plan  -  Feb 20, 2007
PR Web (press release),Zocor, Advair, Celebrex, Zoloft, Lisinopril, Norvasc, Premarin, Actonel, Plavix, Atenolol, Toprol XL, Bextra, Diovan, Effexor, Pravachol and many more.

Bristol-Myers Preparing for Plavix Plunge  -  Feb 15, 2007
Smartmoney.comBristol-Myers suffered a major loss last year when its once-hot cholesterol drug Pravachol lost patent protection. Bonfield admitted there would be no way

Cholesterol drugs boost Teva profits  -  Feb 13, 2007
Jerusalem Post,...s Pravachol and Merck & Co.'s Zocor cholesterol treatments. Teva's exclusivity has now expired on all three drugs, and earnings growth may slow,

Business news in brief  -  Feb 14, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,...s Pravachol. For Teva's full fourth-quarter and year-end financial report, go to http://go.philly.com/Teva4Q.- Linda Loyd

Sanofi Says Acomplia Diet Pill Delayed a Third Time (Update6)  -  Feb 13, 2007
Bloomberg...benefited from exclusive US rights to sell generic versions of Pfizer Inc.'s Zoloft antidepressant, as well as Bristol-Myers's Pravachol and Merck & Co.

Sanofi Fourth-Quarter Profit Falls 4.2% on Plavix (Update3)  -  Feb 13, 2007
Bloomberg...s Pravachol and Merck & Co.'s Zocor cholesterol drug. Sanofi said Feb. 9 that it lost a US lawsuit over the patent on the anti-clot treatment Lovenox,

Generic drugs concoct their next move  -  Feb 9, 2007
CNNMoney.comCharts), Pravachol, an anti-cholesterol drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Zoloft, an antidepressant from Pfizer (up $0.04 to $26.48, Charts).

Teva Has More Than Generic Prospects  -  Feb 7, 2007
Barron's (subscription)Also fanning the flame: Teva received exclusive rights to market generic versions of the blockbusters Zocor, Zoloft and Pravachol for six months.

The Conundrum Of Good Cholesterol  -  Feb 7, 2007
Forbes,...probes to measure the buildup of plaque in patients who were taking common cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins: Pravachol, Lipitor and Crestor.

What is HDL?  -  Feb 7, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal,Statin drugs that lower LDL and raise HDL are atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol),

Small increase in HDL may be big boost to health  -  Feb 7, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal,So for now, the key drugs to lower LDL and raise HDL are the statin drugs, such as atorvastatin (Lipitor), pravastatin (Pravachol) and rosuvastatin calcium

Driven to License  -  Feb 1, 2007
PharmExec.com,...including Pfizer's antibiotic Zithromax and two multibillion-dollar cholesterol drugs, Merck's Zocor and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol.

New Market Research 'The Cardiovascular Market Outlook to 2011 ...  -  Feb 1, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),...-In 2006 the patents protecting Zocor and Pravachol expired, which together with the anticipated patent expiry of Lipitor in 2010, will result in a flood of

Pfizer Fights a Generic Threat  -  Jan 30, 2007
Motley Fool...with two of the other cholesterol-lowering statins, Merck's (NYSE: MRK) Zocor and Bristol-Myers' Pravachol, having generic copies on the market.

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

The Doctor Won't See You Now  -  Jan 28, 2007
BusinessWeekA full 18 months before its cholesterol-lowering drug Pravachol lost patent protection last April, the company halved the sales calls dedicated to the drug

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