His NASA physicians refused to believe that Lipitor could have this effect. Six months after his recovery doctors again prescribed just 5 mg of Lipitor.
... back to 1999, the year Pfizer finally triumphed over rival pharmaceutical giant Wyeth, eventually paying $112 billion US for the company that owned the rights to Lipitor ...
"People take Lipitor because it lowers the risk of heart disease. We want to find the same thing for Alzheimer's," Mayeux says. The new approach is made possible by recently ...
Longer-term growth will be dependent on the success of drug development. The patent expiration of cholesterol therapy Lipitor in 2011 remains a big concern.
But 5.5 years from now, some of its big drugs, including the blockbuster Lipitor, will no longer be protected by their patents. Pfizer will need new smash hits to ...
Longer-term growth will be dependent on the success of drug development. The patent expiration of cholesterol therapy Lipitor in 2011 remains a big concern.
