In a head-to-head test of two popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — Lipitor and Crestor — both medications worked equally well. Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) both effectively ...

TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apotex Inc said on Wednesday it would immediately launch in Canada a copycat form of Pfizer Inc's blockbuster Lipitor cholesterol fighter, and Pfizer vowed to fight back ...

During the first full week that generic Lipitor was available, the brand-name version accounted for less than half of the prescriptions for the... It's here. The cholesterol-fighter Liptor, the ...

Two new generic brands of cholesterol-lowering medication threaten sales to Pfizer's number one selling drug — Lipitor. Good news? More people... Medication used for lowering cholesterol should also ...

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the ...

Cholesterol disorders affect millions of people globally and are among the leading risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and stroke. Statins are the first-line therapy for ...

MUMBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Ranbaxy Laboratories , India's largest drugmaker by sales, has launched a generic version of Pfizer's cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in Canada, the company said on Friday ...