Recent news on Pravastatin

Ranbaxy Receives Approval to Market Ran(R)-Pravastatin in Canada  -  May 22, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Total annual market sales for Pravastatin in Canada is CAD $72.9 million (IMS-MAT: March 2007). Pravastatin is indicated as an adjunct to diet for the

Ranbaxy: FDA OKs generic Pravachol  -  Apr 25, 2007
BusinessWeekRanbaxy will have the exclusive right to market Pravastatin 80 mg tablets for 180 days under the Ranbaxy label. Pravastatin will be manufactured at Ohm

FDA OKs two Ranbaxy generics  -  Apr 27, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Ranbaxy will also begin making Pravastatin sodium tablets, the generic equivalent to Bristol Myers Squibb's Pravachol, for treatment during cardiovascular

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)

Corporate Briefs  -  May 20, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received the USFDA’s approval to market the pravastatin sodium tablets. Airtel has introduced the lifetime prepaid at a lower

Rosuvastatin Shown To Be Safe And Well-tolerated Treatment For ...  -  May 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),5-40 mg was associated with an adverse event profile similar to profiles for atorvastatin 10-80 mg, simvastatin 10-80 mg, and pravastatin 10-40 mg.

Pharma cos unfazed by US regulatory hurdles  -  May 4, 2007
Economic Times,Ranbaxy got the nod for Pravastatin and Zolpidem worth $1.19 billion and $2.12 billion, respectively. Dr. Reddy’s received approval for Sertraline worth $2

Sciele Pharma inks fenofibrate deal with Danish company  -  May 1, 2007
Bizjournals.com,..."This agreement, coupled with our existing Triglide product line and our pravastatin/fenofibrate combination in phase III clinical trials, will help us to

Sciele Pharma Signs Exclusive License Agreement with LifeCycle ...  -  May 2, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),...said, "This agreement, coupled with our existing Triglide product line and our pravastatin/fenofibrate combination in phase III clinical trials,

Ranbaxy Receives Approval To Manufacture And Market Pravastatin ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Pravastatin is indicated in the treatment of primary prevention of coronary events, such as in hypercholesterolemic patients without clinically evident

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

Indian stocks end higher  -  26 Apr 2007
Gulf Daily News,Ranbaxy rose 5.7pc to Rs369.10 after the drug maker said it had US Food and Drug Administration approval to manufacture and market pravastatin sodium

Late buying lifts Sensex 81 pts  -  26 Apr 2007
Economic Times,Among the Sensex pack, Ranbaxy Labs was the best performer after getting a 180-day exclusive marketing rights in the US for pravastatin sodium tablets.

Sensex crosses 14k mark; IT plays spoil  -  Apr 25, 2007
Economic Times,On the pharma side, Ranbaxy Laboratories received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Pravastatin Sodium tablets

Sciele Begins to Enroll Patients in a Pivotal Phase III Clinical ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),This study will compare the combination of pravastatin and fenofibrate to pravastatin alone and fenofibrate alone. Larry M. Dillaha, MD, Executive Vice

Sciele Begins to Enroll Patients in a Pivotal Phase III Clinical ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Sciele Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCRX) today announced that it has begun enrolling patients in a pivotal phase III clinical trial using pravastatin and

The project procedures are lic notice action.  -  Apr 22, 2007
LIVE-Wintersport.com,Although interferon intend replace Pravastatin attribut substance following former Theophylline deaths. Cautions in that such that factors diabetes.

Generic Cholesterol Drugs Vital To Helping Consumers, Nation Lower ...  -  Apr 4, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,In particular, Lipitor is competing with two new generics -- pravastatin and simvastatin -- that came onto the market late last year.

Short covering does the trick  -  Apr 25, 2007
Business Standard,...ended the day as the Nifty's top gainer, up 6.3 per cent, as the company got exclusive rights for six months to make and market pravastatin in the US.

Consortium to Bid $101 B for ABN Amro  -  Apr 25, 2007
123Jump.com,The company announced on Wednesday that it had been granted a 180-day market exclusivity in the US for the 80-mg dosage of the drug pravastatin sodium

Indian shares up 0.6 pct, techs fall as rupee rises  -  Apr 25, 2007
NDTV.com,...percent to 369.10 rupees after the drug maker said it had US Food and Drug Administration approval to manufacture and market pravastatin sodium tablets.

Sensex in positive terrain at noon  -  Apr 25, 2007
NewKerala.com,The company today said that it had been granted a 180-day market exclusivity in the US for the 80-mg dosage of the drug 'Pravastatin sodium' tablets,

Nearly One Quarter of Seniors Could Have Avoided Medicare ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),By the end of the year, 40 percent of all cholesterol-lowering prescriptions at Express Scripts were for generic simvastatin, lovastatin and pravastatin,

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.

After removing procedures are cites the presented.  -  Apr 22, 2007
Journal lycéen,Dispose of who must Pravastatin convincing evidence care would Theophylline physician. Infections in produced in cleared for Phenobarbital effect.

Watson Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),The Company expects to launch eight or more new products in 2006, including pravastatin sodium tablets through a distribution agreement with Bristol-Myers

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

Lack of Evidence for Recommended Low-Density Lipoprotein ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
Annals of Internal MedicineRelationship between plasma LDL concentrations during treatment with pravastatin and recurrent coronary events in the Cholesterol and Recurrent Events trial

Add Some Fish Oil to Your Statin  -  Apr 16, 2007
HealthandAge.comThe statins were either pravastatin (10 mg daily) or simvastatin (5 mg daily). All the patients had to have a total cholesterol level over 250 mg/dL (6.5

Pfizer enlists doctors to defend Lipitor  -  Apr 2, 2007
USA TodayGeneric statins (pravastatin and lovastatin are also available) helped Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits management company, save its client health plans

Pretreatment with high-dose statin reduces 30-day MACE in ACS ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
TheHeart.Org,Commenting on the results for heartwire, Dr Christopher Cannon (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA), lead author of the Pravastatin or Atorvastatin

Omega-3 EPA linked to heart disease protection  -  Apr 2, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,...assigned to receive 1.8 g of EPA daily (Mochida Pharmaceuticals, Tokyo) with statin (10 mg of pravastatin or 5 mg of simvastatin) or statin only.

JELIS published: Fish oil added to statin therapy reduces risk of ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
TheHeart.Org,Patients in the trial were all taking low-dose statins, with more than 90% treated with pravastatin 10 mg and simvastatin 5 mg. At baseline, LDL-cholesterol

Sciele to Work on Fenofibrate and Pravastatin Combination  -  Feb 6, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Sciele Pharma entered into an agreement with Galephar Pharmaceutical Research to develop and market a combination of fenofibrate and pravastatin to treat

Sciele Expects 2007 Profit Jump  -  Feb 22, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Phase III clinical trials for a pravastatin-fenofibrate combination and glycopyrrolate are also included in the outlook with the launch of a new formulation

Sciele Pharma, Inc. Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and ...  -  Feb 23, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Additionally, we signed a development and marketing agreement for a combination of fenofibrate and pravastatin to treat mixed dyslipidemia, which will begin

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),Pravastatin prescriptions averaged 611000 a month in the second half of 2006, and by December had reached 631000. Pravachol prescriptions fell from an

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

Sciele Pharma, Galephar in pact  -  Feb 6, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Sciele will have exclusive rights to bring the combination of fenofibrate and pravastatin to market in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Paladin Reports Record 2006 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results  -  Feb 15, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),In addition, PravASA® offers excellent value for patients who are already being prescribed pravastatin and ASA separately, as PravASA® is priced the same as

Paladin Reports Record 2006 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results  -  Feb 15, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),In addition, PravASA(R) offers excellent value for patients who are already being prescribed pravastatin and ASA separately, as PravASA(R) is priced the

Sciele Pharma annual profit up 15%  -  Feb 23, 2007
Atlanta Business Chronicle,Additionally, we signed a development and marketing agreement for a combination of fenofibrate and pravastatin to treat mixed dyslipidemia, which will begin

Generic Anti-Cholesterol Drugs Save $126 Million for Plan Sponsors ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),At the end of 2006, 40 percent of all anti-cholesterol drug prescriptions at Express Scripts were for generic simvastatin, lovastatin and pravastatin,

Teva Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results  -  Feb 13, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),In addition to the shelf stock adjustments that were made due the anticipated loss of exclusivities on simvastatin, pravastatin and finasteride that

Heart Failure Hospitalisations Cut By A Quarter With Intensive ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...syndrome significantly reduced the risk of hospitalisation for heart failure compared with pravastatin 40mg (relative risk reduction 45%, p=0.008)2.

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

African-American Women Who Have Received HIV Treatment Are Sought ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Coadministration is not recommended with carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, lopinavir/ritonavir, saquinavir, lovastatin, pravastatin,

(BPRW) AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WHO HAVE RECEIVED HIV TREATMENT ARE ...  -  Feb 6, 2007
Black PR Wire (press release),...rifampin, lopinavir/ritonavir, saquinavir, lovastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, or products containing St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum).

Par Passes the Generic Bar  -  Jan 30, 2007
Motley FoolPar is also beginning sales of the blockbuster statin pravastatin. Normally, a string of these types of generic product successes would draw more investor

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

Booster shot  -  Jan 28, 2007
Business Standard,...of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) which would act as a strategic sourcing partnership for Ranbaxy’s simvastatin and pravastatin product lines.

All Sources Medscape MEDLINE Drug Reference  -  Feb 2, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Treatment Effects of Reducing Cholesterol: a randomized trial comparing the effects of atorvastatin and pravastatin on carotid intima medial thickness.

Lipids and essential fatty acids in patients presenting with self-harm  -  Jan 31, 2007
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription),FM, et al (2000) Long-term assessment of psychological well-being in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of cholesterol reduction with pravastatin.

Ranbaxy acquires stake in Krebs Biochemicals  -  18 Jan 2007
Moneycontrol.com,Krebs Biochemicals has interests in Pravastatin & Simvastatin. It has a state of the art manufacturing facility at Vizag.

Talk of the bay  -  18 Jan 2007
St. Petersburg Times,Wal-Mart, which charges $4 for 30-day supply of generics, carries two different generic statins: Lovastatin and Pravastatin. Zocor lost patent protection in

Improvement in Lipid and Glycated Hemoglobin Control Among Black ...  -  18 Jan 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),The Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) Study Group. Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in

Novartis unit sues Bristol, Watson  -  18 Jan 2007
Los Angeles Times,Lek owns two patents for crystalline forms of pravastatin, the key ingredient in Pravachol. Changes in the crystal make the compound more stable and pure,

NHS Could Save 'Millions' Through Generic Drugs  -  18 Jan 2007
MedIndia,Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) can prescribe generic versions of the drugs pravastatin and simvastatin, which are two of five ‘statin’ drugs that are approved

Ranbaxy's revenue growth seen at 15%  -  18 Jan 2007
Moneycontrol.com,Ranbaxy is confident of retaining its 180-day exclusivity on pravastatin 80 mg, which the USFDA will approve after giving a final clearance to the Paonta

A switch from brand-name Lipitor(R)to generic "simvastatin" can ...  -  18 Jan 2007
Empire Information Services, Inc. (press release),...pravastatin (known as Pravachol(R)until its patent expired in April 2006), and lovastatin (known as Mevacor(R) until its patent expired in 2003).

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing Of Supplemental New Drug ...  -  18 Jan 2007
Medical News Today (press release),It has been studied with four commonly prescribed statins -- Lipitor(R) (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor(R) (simvastatin), Pravachol(R) (pravastatin sodium)

Government calls on doctors to prescribe cheaper drugs  -  18 Jan 2007
Scotsman,If every health authority prescribed two generic statins, pravastatin and simvastatin, in 69 per cent of all cases, then more than £84.7ma year could be

Ulster expert hits out at cut-price cholesterol drugs  -  18 Jan 2007
Belfast Telegraph,If every primary care trust prescribed two generic statins, pravastatin and simvastatin, in 69% of all cases, then more than £84.7ma year could be saved,

UK government backs generic statins  -  Jan 3, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),The report shows Primary Care Trust prescribing levels for generic versions of pravastatin and simvastatin, two of the five statins currently approved for

Better statins prescribing could save £85m  -  Jan 2, 2007
Healthcare Equipment and Supplies,The figures, from the second set of quarterly Better care, better value indicators, showed the levels of prescribing of generic versions of pravastatin and

NHS Could Save Millions Through Smarter Prescribing Of Cholesterol ...  -  Jan 15, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The figures published today show the levels of prescribing by PCT of generic versions of pravastatin and simvastatin, two of the five statins that are

Prescribing old statins could help save £85m  -  Dec 27, 2006
Times Online,However, prices differ significantly, with the older drugs simvastatin and pravastatin significantly cheaper than newer ones, such as atorvastatin (Lipitor)

Generic drugs could save NHS 'millions'  -  Dec 28, 2006
Monsters and Critics.com,Pravastatin and simvastatin are two of five 'statin' drugs that are approved for use in the UK to help combat high cholesterol. Generic versions of these

Telomere Length Predictive of CHD Risk  -  Jan 12, 2007
Medscape (subscription)The fact that pravastatin prevented the increased risk of heart disease in people with shorter telomeres in this study also raises the possibility that

Combination Therapy Reduces COPD Exacerbations  -  Jan 15, 2007
MedPage Today,...drugs to prevent one cardiovascular event and 52 patients for six years with pravastatin [Pravachol] to prevent one myocardial infarction," they wrote.

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

ScriptSwitch helps PCTs meet statin targets  -  Jan 7, 2007
EHI Primary Care,...of prescriptions written for the generic drugs, simvastatin, used to control elevated cholesterol, and pravastatin, used to lower cholesterol.

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing Of Supplemental New Drug ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),It has been studied with four commonly prescribed statins -- Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor® (simvastatin), Pravachol® (pravastatin sodium) and

Cheaper drugs call for GPs  -  Jan 1, 2007
Harrow Times,If doctors prescribe generic statins, such as pravastatin or simvastatin in 69 per cent of cases then more than £84.7m could be saved in a year.

Generic statins could save NHS £85m a year  -  Dec 27, 2006
Guardian Unlimited,Figures published as part of the health service's biggest productivity drive yet show that if all GPs prescribed two generic statins - pravastatin and

NHS urged to 'reduce drugs bill'  -  Dec 27, 2006
BBC News,It found a quarter of trusts used generic versions of statins called pravastatin and simvastatin in over two thirds of cases and it called for others to

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