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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.