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Pfizer tries to stop patients from switching to generic Zocor.
Popular Statins Go Head To Head In New, Global Cholesterol Trial (Medical News Today)
A new trial at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center will provide a head to head competition between two popular statin therapies to see which does a better job at lowering the levels of bad (LDL-C) in patients' blood. "High cholesterol leads to heart disease and stroke, two of our nation's top killers," said Dr. [click link for full article]
A guide to cholesterol numbers (The News & Observer)
Nearly 76 million Americans are living with elevated LDL, known as "bad" cholesterol, which is a major risk for heart disease -- the No. 1 killer in this country.
Merck to Surpass Pfizer as the Leading Company in the Cholesterol-Lowering Agent Drug Market by 2011 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Decision Resources and Millennium Research Group have produced a new report that finds that Merck will surpass Pfizer as the leading company in the cholesterol-lowering agent drug market by 2011.
Merck niacin drug controls cholesterol (AP via Yahoo! News)
An experimental cholesterol treatment touted by drugmaker Merck & Co. significantly reduced artery-clogging fats in late-stage testing, but it got a mixed reception from Wall Street analysts Tuesday.
