FDA Approves Generic Rosuvastatin (Crestor)FDA Approves Generic Rosuvastatin (Crestor)
Rosuvastatin goes off patent and presumably plunges in price, at a time when clinicians overall have been lukewarm about prescribing the comparatively expensive, recently approved PCSK9 inhibitors. FDA Approvals (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 29, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Alert Source Type: news
FDA approves first generic Crestor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) tablets for the following uses (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - April 29, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Class 4 Drug Alert (caution in use): Crestor 5mg Tablets Parallel Imported
Class 4 Drug Alert: Crestor 5mg Tablets Parallel Imported by BR Lewis Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Originator name Provisacor)
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a Clas (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 28, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
The Oversimplification of Cholesterol Testing Can Be Deadly
Early every year, countless Americans embark on a new fitness regime. They go for a physical and maybe for a blood test to measure cholesterol levels. After a clean bill of health, they might train to run a 10K, a marathon or even an Iron man. But what if those tests do not provide a complete picture of your health? What if you are on the verge of a heart attack and have no idea? Before 30, when the human body is at its peak, it can take the strain of being pushed to the limit. As we age, however, cellular changes and the expression of genetic predispositions can dramatically alter our health. Conventional medical tests...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Some People Really Can't Take Statins For High Cholesterol, Scientists Prove
You can't write a story about the lifesaving benefits of the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins without getting comments like this one, from reader Bill Hayman, on my story yesterday:
I cannot take Crestor or Zetia or any form of statin drug! I can barely walk with any statin drug. My legs become painful and so weak, they feel like rubber. Several years ago, I used Lipitor and had four pancreatic attacks until I stopped the Lipitor.
Or this, from reader James Leedy:
People should be warned of side effects. Doctors should listen to patients . I have taken statins for several years. I had extreme muscle pains all t...
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 3, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Matthew Herper Source Type: news
HOPE-3: Statins Lower CV Events in Intermediate-CHD-Risk PatientsHOPE-3: Statins Lower CV Events in Intermediate-CHD-Risk Patients
Alone or with blood-pressure-lowering therapy, at least in those with elevated baseline BP, rosuvastatin lowered composite end points by 24% to 29% vs placebo. Heartwire from Medscape (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 2, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
India's Biocon Gets EU Approval for Generic Crestor
This marks the company's first generic formulations approval in the regulated markets (Source: PharmaManufacturing.com)
Source: PharmaManufacturing.com - February 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Biocon's Rosuvastatin Calcium tablets get EU approval to treat hyperlipidemia
Indian biopharmaceutical company Biocon has received approval from the European Commission for its Rosuvastatin Calcium tablets to treat hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - February 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Europe approves Biocon's Rosuvastatin Calcium tablets
The approval in the regulated markets marks an important milestone in Biocon's small molecules strategy of forward integration from APIs. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 15, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The Jekyll and Hyde of Statins
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog, Medical Discovery News Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are the most prescribed drug ever. About 30 percent of Americans are currently taking statins such as Crestor, Lipitor, Mevacor and Zocor. Overall, statins can be good thing, but as with all drugs, there are some negative effects. Statins lower cholesterol by inhibiting a protein called HMG-CoA reductase. Since high cholesterol levels are linked to heart disease, statins can reduce the risks of heart attack and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in the United States. Recent reports from the American Heart Ass...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 3, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Patent Expirations Of Crestor And Zetia And The Impact On Other Cholesterol Drugs
But the availability of the generic forms of these drugs will also have an impact on physician prescribing habits and even drugs not yet on the market. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 18, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John LaMattina Source Type: news
Statin Regresses Plaque in RA Patients (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Open-label study points to benefit for rosuvastatin (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - July 10, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Statin Drugs and Prostate Cancer
Statin drugs are a group of widely prescribed ones used to lower a person's cholesterol level. Common statin medications include brands such as Lipitor, Crestor and Zocar. Statins work by inhibiting an enzyme in the human body, 'HMG-CoA reductase,' which is used to manufacture cholesterol and the drugs may also help to clear already formed cholesterol from the bloodstream. High cholesterol is a known cause of cardiovascular disease and it is well-established that statins reduce the rate of illness and death caused by cardiovascular disease. While statins can help to prevent the risk of a stroke or heart attack, some studie...
Source: Disabled World - June 8, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Pharmaceutical - Drug Information Source Type: news
Codeine not to be used for coughs and colds in children under 12
Move aims to cut risk of serious side effects, including breathing problemsRelated items from OnMedicaTougher restrictions on valproatesLong-term risk of paracetamol is underestimatedAvoiding pitfalls when prescribing for childrenRegulator launches new corticosteroids safety module US doctor says FDA should have withdrawn rosuvastatin (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - April 27, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
