Lipitor News

Pfizer: Outsourcing is necessary business - Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release)

Basically, he?s saying, get used to it. Pfizer is preparing for the loss of its patent protection on the world?s top-selling drug, Lipitor. The ...

http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/... | Posted: Sun Mar 09 13:28:34 -0400 2008

Pfizer outlines plans to face life after Lipitor to analysts - Pharma Times (subscription)

... are still unsure whther the firm has the means to deal with the patent loss it will face on the cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor (atorvastatin) in 2010. ...

http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldN... | Posted: Thu Mar 06 05:52:35 -0500 2008

Pfizer steels itself for Lipitor expiry - Financial Times

... structure would prepare it for the impending expiry of the patent for its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor, worth some $12bn in annual sales. ...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9914f1aa-... | Posted: Wed Mar 05 20:53:59 -0500 2008

Are they banking on dose of socialistic intervention? - Fort Worth Star Telegram

You might have seen him on TV throughout the past couple of years touting the healing power of Lipitor, a cholesterol drug made by Pfizer. ...

http://www.star-telegram.com/245/... | Posted: Sun Mar 09 04:12:52 -0400 2008

Pfizer steels itself for Lipitor expiry - Financial Times (subscription)

... structure would prepare it for the impending expiry of the patent for its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor, worth some $12bn in annual sales. ...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/12f33b58-... | Posted: Wed Mar 05 18:39:59 -0500 2008

Those Lipitor Ads: Dr. Jarvik Makes His Case - New York Times

In Lipitor ads, I said that people with several risk factors should ask their doctors about it. I am a medical doctor, I am widely known as an artificial ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06... | Posted: Thu Mar 06 00:54:49 -0500 2008

Lipitor ad featuring Jarvik is yanked - Salt Lake Tribune

Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor campaign featuring Robert Jarvik came under scrutiny by Congress as part of an investigation of celebrity endorsements of prescription ...

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8509189... | Posted: Sun Mar 09 05:47:48 -0400 2008

Pfizer to Seek to Appeal Lipitor Enantiomer Patent Ruling in the ... - Centre Daily Times

The decision has no commercial impact because Pfizer's basic patent covering Lipitor (EP 247633) remains in force and expires in November 2011. ...

http://www.centredaily.com/busine... | Posted: Sun Mar 09 05:14:02 -0400 2008

Health plans push harder for use of generic drugs, not as ... - MLive.com

Press Photo/Lance WynnCaught in a crunch: Doug Olson, of Ada, holds samples of Lipitor, the anti-cholesterol drug his doctor prescribed to help prevent a ...

Posted: Sun Mar 09 00:28:46 -0500 2008