Despite price cutting measures taken by Merck to keep Zocor competitive, generic versions of Zocor (simvastatin) that became available during the last week of June have already captured 49% of new ...

Merck is implementing an aggressive price control plan for cholesterol treatment Zocor (simvastatin) to hang on to market share following the drug’s loss of patent protection Friday.A spokesman from ...

NEW YORK — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. won final regulatory clearance Friday to market its generic version of cholesterol medication Zocor after a federal judge threw out a motion from a rival ...

FDA review finds increased risk of muscle damage, kidney failure. June 9, 2011 — -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended limiting high doses of a widely prescribed ...

I'm taking the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor and am considering switching to the generic form of Zocor (simvastatin) because it's cheaper and my insurance doesn't have a prescription-drug program.

June 20, 2006 — -- This Friday, Merck's patent on the cholesterol - lowering drug Zocor will expire. There will now be a generic version of the drug for sale called Simvastatin. Are you taking ...

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...