The pharmas agreed to terminate on March 31, 2015, a 2009 deal to co-commercialize Caduet amlodipine besylate/atorvastatin for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in Japan. Pfizer will be responsible for sole promotion of the product from Oct....

Ranbaxy's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. subsidiary launched an authorized generic version of Pfizer's Caduet amlodipine besylate/atorvastatin in the U.S. The hypertension and hypercholesterolemia drug combines hypertension drug Norvasc amlodipine besylate and cholesterol drug Lipitor atorvastatin. The...

In a retrospective, post-marketing analysis of 6,574 adults taking corticosteroids for asthma, patients who also received statin treatment for a cardiovascular condition had a lower rate of hospitalization or ER visit for asthma over 12...

The companies settled most of their worldwide patent litigation for Pfizer’s cholesterol drug Lipitor atorvastatin and its hypertension and hypercholesterolemia drug Caduet amlodipine/atorvastatin. Pfizer will grant Ranbaxy rights to market generic atorvastatin in the U.S....

Statin landscape On-patent statins Company Product 2005 sales 1Q06 sales Projected sales Cost/day (dose) (B) LDL reduction (C) AstraZeneca/ Shionogi Crestor rosuvastatin $1,268M $387M $1.7B (06), $2.1B (07), $2.5B (08), $2.8B (09), $3.2B (2010) (A)...

Data from the open-label, European JEWEL II study in 1,107 patients showed that 50.6% of patients achieved country-specific BP and LDL-C goals after 16 weeks. Combined data from JEWEL I and JEWEL II showed that...

Data from the open-label, U.K. and Canadian JEWEL I study in 1,138 patients showed that 62.9% achieved country-specific BP and LDL-C goals after 16 weeks. Combined data from JEWEL I and JEWEL II showed that...

PFE launched in the U.S. its Caduet amlodipine besylate/atorvastatin calcium to treat hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Caduet was approved in February and combines hypertension drug Norvasc amlodipine besylate and cholesterol drug Lipitor atorvastatin. Pfizer Inc. (PFE),...

FDA granted marketing approval for Caduet to treat hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Caduet combines hypertension drug Norvasc amlodipine besylate and cholesterol drug Lipitor atorvastatin, and will be available in multiple dosing combinations. Last November, FDA granted...

The FDA granted marketing approval to PFE for its Caduet amlodipine/atorvastatin to treat hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Caduet combines PFE's Norvasc amlodipine hypertension drug and its Lipitor atorvastatin cholesterol drug....