Cholesterol NewsNews on Cholesterol continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Pfizer And Ranbaxy Settle Lipitor Patent Litigation Worldwide- June 29, 2008 Main Category: Hypertension Also Included In: Cholesterol Article Date: 23 Jun 2008 - 2:00 PDT Pfizer Inc announced that it has entered into an agreement with generics manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/pfizer-and-ranbaxy-settle-lipitor-patent-l... Spending On Cholesterol Reducing Statins More Than Doubles In Just Five Years, USA- June 27, 2008 Spending on statins, drugs used to reduce artery-clogging cholesterol, increased 156 percent between 2000 and 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and ...http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/spending-on-cholesterol-reducing-statins-m... Study shows 150 percent jump in statin use- June 26, 2008 WASHINGTON - Use of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins rose by 156 percent between 2000 and 2005, with spending jumping from $7.7 billion to $19.7 billion, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and ...http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/study-shows-150-percent-jump-in-statin-use... Stretching your healthcare dollars- June 25, 2008 As Canada's population ages, more and more people will incur costs for medication and other products and services to keep themselves healthy.http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/stretching-your-healthcare-dollars?fromrss... Walgreens prescribes more club card use- June 24, 2008 Walgreens is getting more aggressive about marketing its prescription savings club card in a tough economy with cut-throat competition for cheap generics.http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/walgreens-prescribes-more-club-card-use?fr... Another option for high cholesterol- June 23, 2008 I'm sure you've heard of 'statins' like Lipitor , Zocor , and Pravachol . These powerful cholesterol-lowering medicines are widely used some people make jokes about adding them to the water supply.http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/another-option-for-high-cholesterol?fromrs... Controling Risk Factors Reduces Risk of Stroke by 42 Percent- June 21, 2008 Results of a new analysis of the Treating to New Targets study show that intensive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering in patients with stable coronary heart disease whose systolic blood pressure was ...http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/controling-risk-factors-reduces-risk-of-st... Merck Provides Update on U.S. Regulatory Status of MK-0524A (ER...- June 20, 2008 Jun 20, 2008 - Merck & Co., Inc. today provided an update on the regulatory status in the United States of its investigational medicines MK-0524A and MK-0524B for the treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia ...http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/merck-provides-update-on-u-s-regulatory-st... Gene Variation May Block Cholesterol Drugs- June 20, 2008 A gene variation may be why cholesterol-lowering drugs dont work in some people.http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/gene-variation-may-block-cholesterol-drugs... Ranbaxy, Pfizer scrips fall after Lipitor deal- June 19, 2008 Concerns that neither Pfizer nor Ranbaxy might have got a better deal than the other depressed investor confidence that took a toll on the stock prices of the two companies on their respective stock exchanges.http://www.topix.net/health/cholesterol/2008/06/ranbaxy-pfizer-scrips-fall-after-lipitor-d... |