Vytorin News

Schering-Plough backs Vytorin as group sales soar over 40% - Pharma Times (subscription)

However all eyes were on the performance of the cholesterol drugs Vytorin (ezetimibe and simvastatin) and Zetia (ezetimibe), sold through a joint venture ...

http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldN... | Posted: Wed Feb 13 05:40:24 -0500 2008

Bad News Before Break - Forbes

The drug maker has been battered of late, with its study on cholesterol drug Vytorin coming under intense scrutiny. (See: "New Vytorin Report Draws Fire") ...

Posted: Fri Feb 15 14:47:27 -0500 2008

Lawmakers widen probe into Vytorin - Denver Post

The controversial study found Vytorin wasn't as effective as advertised. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has demanded documents from the chief ...

http://www.denverpost.com/busines... | Posted: Wed Feb 13 04:44:53 -0500 2008

This Just In: Putnam County - West Virginia Record

Inc. PA-Stuart Calwell and W. Randolph McGraw; J-Eagloski * The plaintiffs represent a class of people who purchased Vytorin, a medication made by the ...

http://www.wvrecord.com/news/2079... | Posted: Fri Feb 15 09:05:41 -0500 2008

Too Often, Taking Drugs Is Like Playing Roulette - Hartford Courant

The Enhance study was supposed to prove that lowering bad LDL cholesterol aggressively with a combination pill called Vytorin (Zetia plus simvastatin) would ...

http://www.courant.com/news/healt... | Posted: Thu Feb 14 18:48:39 -0500 2008

Lawmakers examine Web postings in Vytorin probe - Reuters

That trial found the cholesterol pill Vytorin worked no better than a generic at preventing plaque build-up in neck arteries. Top Democrats on the House of ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/ou... | Posted: Mon Feb 11 20:47:51 -0500 2008

Sen. Grassley Chimes In Again on Vytorin - Wall Street Journal

The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday fired off another volley of letters about Vytorin, and now Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/... | Posted: Tue Feb 12 06:09:48 -0500 2008

Pharma Chat Board Has Nothing for Congress on Vytorin - Wall Street Journal

Some commenters at Cafe Pharma, a site frequented by drug sales reps, suggested last year that Vytorin didn’t show any benefit over a generic statin in a ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/... | Posted: Wed Feb 13 10:02:47 -0500 2008

Physicians Expect to Decrease First- and Second- Line Use of ... - Earthtimes

EAST HANOVER, NJ - (Business Wire) Reacting to the release of the ENHANCE trial results that showed Vytorin, a combination of the statin simvastatin (Zocor) ...

http://www.earthtimes.org/article... | Posted: Thu Feb 14 08:40:28 -0500 2008