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The cholesterol drug Crestor is being relabeled to add a caution that starter doses should be reduced in Asian-Americans and some other patients. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that ...

ATLANTA – People in a new study got their"bad cholesterol" to the lowest levels ever seen and saw blockages in their blood vessels shrink by taking a high dose of cholesterol drug, researchers ...

London, UK - AstraZeneca has issued a letter to UK healthcare professionals reminding them that its new statin, rosuvastatin (Crestor ®), should be started at the 10-mg dosage to avoid side effects.

The Food and Drug Administration is seeking to block an ad touting the safety of the cholesterol drug Crestor, calling the claims misleading. The agency asked the drug maker, AstraZeneca, to ...

June 8, 2005 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in March revisions to safety labeling to advise that use of rosuvastatin calcium tablets is associated with an increased risk of ...

Drug makers generally don’t complain when regulators widen the market for their medicines. But AstraZeneca filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming the US Food and Drug Administration is on the verge of ...

The lawsuit seeks an additional 7 years' protection for the popular cholesterol drug, which sold 20.3 million prescriptions last year. To a layperson, it might seem odd to hear that a drug with more ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the use of Crestor for some people who are at increased risk of heart disease. The FDA said the new use for ...

LONDON -- U.S. regulators have asked AstraZeneca PLC to provide additional clinical data on its new cholesterol drug, Crestor, a setback that could delay the drug's U.S. launch by as much as a year.

Dosage for Abilify (aripiprazole) may vary based on the condition it’s being used to treat. Your doctor may adjust your dosing of Abilify over the course of your treatment. The active ingredient in ...