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Orange Pamplemousse (2)

Generic sales of Lipitor, the world’s number 1 selling pharmaceutical drug, start today. (via) [more inside]
posted by Orange Pamplemousse on Nov 30, 2011 - 37 comments

The Top 200 Brand-Name Drugs in 2008 (via) [more inside]
posted by Orange Pamplemousse on Jul 16, 2009 - 76 comments

Someone is offering doctors a financial inducement (premium? kickback?) to write prescriptions for certain drugs at the expense of others. Only this time it's the insurers paying $100 a pop for switching patients from brand-name statins to generics. Pfizer, manufacturer of the statin Lipitor, the world's best-selling drug brand of all time, is pissed. They point to a study that says you are more likely to die if you switch to generic simvaststin than you are if you stay on Lipitor. [more inside]
posted by Mister_A on Jan 28, 2008 - 68 comments