A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the result of a collaboration between CVS Caremark and scientists at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, compared ...

NEW YORK — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. won final regulatory clearance Friday to market its generic version of cholesterol medication Zocor after a federal judge threw out a motion from a rival ...

Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. is in a tussle with the nation’s largest drug maker over the nation’s top-selling drug. New York-based Pfizer Inc., facing the loss of billions in sales of its ...

Simvastatin is prescribed for high cholesterol. It’s a generic medication, available as the brand-name drug Zocor. It comes as an oral tablet and an oral solution. The cost of simvastatin can vary, ...

Simvastatin is a medication for treating high cholesterol. Medicare Part D and Part C plans with drug coverage should, in most cases, cover this drug or an effective alternative. Simvastatin (Zocor) ...

The erroneous findings emerged from data taken from a large managed-care-organization group of patients who had taken either atorvastatin or simvastatin. Within this cohort of approximately 80 000 ...

Merck & Co. will price its Zocor cholesterol pill below Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s generic version, an unprecedented move by the drugmaker to salvage sales of its best-selling product.

FDA review finds increased risk of muscle damage, kidney failure. June 9, 2011 — -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended limiting high doses of a widely prescribed ...

June 20, 2006 — -- This Friday, Merck's patent on the cholesterol - lowering drug Zocor will expire. There will now be a generic version of the drug for sale called Simvastatin. Are you taking ...

The Food and Drug Administration has added new warnings to the blockbuster cholesterol drug Zocor, cautioning doctors that the highest dose of the drug can cause muscle damage, including potentially ...

Generally, Medicare Part D and Part C plans that include drug coverage should cover simvastatin or other commonly prescribed cholesterol medications. Simvastatin (Zocor) is available as an oral tablet ...